Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7425-4825-1 • Hardback • March 2007 • $114.00 • (£88.00)
978-0-7425-4826-8 • Paperback • March 2007 • $41.00 • (£32.00)
Craig L. Carr is professor of political science at the Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University.
Chapter 1 Politics and Power
Chapter 2 Liberalism: Politics in the American Mold
Chapter 3 Liberal Ideas
Chapter 4 Social Justice
Chapter 5 Liberal Institutions
Chapter 6 The Bureaucratic Phenomenon
Chapter 7 Requiem for Democracy
Chapter 8 Politics and the Future
Polity is lucidly written in a style that is fluid and graceful, is packed with unusually striking examples from popular culture, and forces the attentive and thoughtful reader to re-examine widely held and accepted beliefs about the nature of politics and society.
— William M. Batkay, Montclair State University Montclair State University
This is a wonderful resource, written with wit and insight, and an ideal supplement to assign along with primary texts. It is a book that will reach students who do not know why they should care about Rawls or Hobbes but can follow an argument.
— Douglas Casson, St. Olaf College
*Highlights political culture, rather than government institutions, as key to gaining a full view of political life.
*Packed with striking examples drawn from popular culture; encourages re-examination of widely held and accepted beliefs about the natureof politics and society.
*Compact and affordable, and thus ideal for assigning along with primary texts.