Paul Schumaker

Political Theory Reader

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Ideologies to Public Philosophies: An Introduction to Political Theory provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries-along with contemporary and emerging outlooks-to address the essential questions of political theory.

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What are the rights and duties of citizens? Who should rule? What is justice? How far should the authority of government extend? These are among the perennial questions of political theory.

This innovative textbook facilitates a comprehensive and systematic understanding of these and other questions by describing the alternative answers provided by the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries, and by a wide variety of contemporary radical and extremist perspectives. The book demonstrates that adherents to these various outlooks can come to greater agreement about these questions than is often recognized.

Ideal as text for first courses in both political theory and political ideologies, students of the book gain both a deep appreciation of the diversity of political thought and of the ideas that are central to the governance of pluralist democracies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2008
• Deutsch, Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781405168359
• ISBN-10: 1405168358
• Artikelnr.: 23430724

Autorenporträt

Paul Schumaker is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas, where he has taught courses in political theory and community politics since 1972. Dr. Schumaker has authored several books on political theory, including Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power (1991).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Constructing Our Public Philosophies. Part I: Participants in
our Political Conversations. 2. Voices from the Major Ideologies of the
Nineteenth Century. 3. Prominent Totalitarian and Pluralist Voices of the
Twentieth Century. 4. Radical and Extremist Voices in Contemporary
Politics. Part II: Philosophical Assumptions: Their Importance as
Foundations for Political Principles. 5. Questions of Ontology. 6.
Questions of Human Nature. 7. Questions of Society. 8. Questions of
Epistemology. Part III: The Great Issues of Politics: Consensual and
Contested Principles. 9. Questions of Community. 10. Questions of
Citizenship. 11. Questions of Structure. 12. Questions of Rulers. 13.
Questions of Authority. 14. Questions of Justice. 15. Questions of Change.
Conclusions. Notes. References. Index

Rezensionen

"The strengths of this work are many. Schumaker s schematic analysis of political ideas is thorough but never pedantic, and he illustrates his analysis with frequent and compelling examples. The result is a thoughtfully written text which will invite students into an interconnected dialogue about their most basic political beliefs. Students whose first exposure to political ideologies and philosophies comes through Schumaker s book will appreciate better not only their own opinions, but will have a better grasp of the advantages and limitations of a pluralistic system like our own, which allows other people s opinions to flourish as well."
Russell Arben Fox, Friends University