You read a random sentence towards the end of the book:Īt the beginning of this millennium, nations remain one of the ways by which humanity has organized, and thereby divided and evaluated, itself. It covers, among other topics, democracy, totalitarianism, and human rights. Steven Grosby, Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2005).A bit further on (pp 328-9) are ‘Key figures in Multiculturalism, featuring: Isaiah Berlin, Edward Said, Charles Taylor, Bikhu Parekh, James Tully, Jeremy Waldron and Will Kymlicka. There are brief biographies for: Mary Wollstonecraft, Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Kate Millett, Germaine Greer, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Andrea Dworkin. You scan its introduction for clues about the contents: Introduction to Ideologies, Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Anarchism, Nationalism, Fascism, Feminism, Ecologism, Religious Fundamentalism, Multiculturalism, Conclusion: A Post-Ideological Age? Flicking through, you stop to look at the ‘Key figures in Feminism’ (pp 244-245). Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies: An Introduction (Palgrave MacMillan, 5 thedition, 2012).Propped up on one of the shelves, at eye level, is a copy of: The (selected) class marks cover 37 topics, including: media and communication, systems of government and state, pressure groups, reform movements, political and civil rights, human rights, refugees, peace promotion, military science and terrorism. You are standing on the ground floor of SOAS University of London library, with a subject guide in our hand. Into its third edition it contains new entries on: Arab Spring, Responsibility to Protect, Governmentality, Postcolonialism, Neoliberalism and Global Financial Crisis. Roach, International Relations: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 2013). Being thrown in at the deep end at university, books such as this one are great to help you understand the essential basics, without skipping too far ahead.Ī new search, for ‘introduction to international relations’, brings up: Whilst pitched at a slightly younger audience, perhaps GCSE/A Level, I have found this book to be absolutely invaluable at degree level.
One reader, reviewing it on a book site, writes: Paul Kelly, The Politics Book (Dorling Kindersley, 2013). (Oxford )Ī web search for ‘introduction to Politics’ turns up:
International relations are ‘‘The way in which two or more nations interact with and regard each other, especially in the context of political, economic, or cultural relationships’. Politics is ‘The activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power’… ‘The activities of governments concerning the political relations between states’… ‘The academic study of government and the state’. Your mission: to compile an introductory reading list for Politics and International Studies.
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