Political Theory: An introduction by Andrew Heywood is one of the most recommended title across the world. It covers almost all crucial topics which a Political Science's Student required. This book is published by Palgrave Macmillan. Following are the highlights of the book:
Book Highlights:
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Author: Andrew Heywood
Published By: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 4th, 2015
Pages: 400+
About the Author
Andrew Heywood born on 27th December 1952 was the renowned British author of books on politics and political science. His works were Politics, Political Ideologies and Global Politics, were some best sellers of their time. He worked as an A-level chief examiner for 'Government and Politics', and principal examiner for 'Political Ideologies' and 'Global Politics'. His books are still in used and followed by millions of students of politics around the world.
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About the Book
If you're the student of politics and political science then you must crave for better content on different theories of different political thinkers and philosophers. There are numerous theories and ideologies in politics like Marxist theory, Egalitarian theory, Utilitarianism, Liberalism and so on. What if you get all these bunch of theories in a single package. This book Political Theories by Andrew Heywood is that small package that contains all these bulk of theories. If you're an Undergraduate Student of Politics then this book will surely help you in terms of political concepts.
The book covers all the aspects of politics and it's theory from basic concepts like politics and society to Utopian concept of politics. This book is one of the renowned book of politics theory.
Let's take a look on the contents of the book.
Contents of the Book
- Unit 1: What is Political Theory ?
- Unit 2: Human Nature, the Individual and Society
- Unit 3: Politics, Government and the State
- Unit 4: Sovereignty, the Nation and Transnationalism
- Unit 5: Power, Authority and Legitimacy
- Unit 6: Democracy, Representation and the Public Interest
- Unit 7: Law, Order and Justice
- Unit 8: Rights, Obligations and Citizenship
- Unit 9: Freedom, Toleration and Liberation
- Unit 10: Equality, Social Justice and Welfare
- Unit 11: Property, Planning and the Market
- Unit 12: Security, War and World Order
- Unit 13: Tradition, Progress and Utopia
General Review of the Book
Here, we have presented the review of this book by examining the Merits & Demerits of the book which are given below:
Merits
- The book is one of the best renowned book for reading political theories.
- Language of the book is lucid and simple which makes the learning process more easy and efficient.
- The book in between its units contain a specific paragraph for each concept like Liberty, Utilitarianism, Marxism, Freedom, Feminism, etc. There are 18 such paragraphs, one in each unit.
- Along with these extra paragraph, each unit discuss various political thinkers and philosophers. This enhance the understanding about the particular theory and it's related concepts.
- If you have chosen Political Science and International Relations as your optional subject in UPSC CSE Mains then this book along with Global Politics (Written by the Same Author) is very significant.
Demerits
- There's no as such strong demerit or drawback of the book so far the content is concern. But if you're a reader that prefers colors, then this book lacks them.
- It doesn't contain any images and pictures and only has text written which is another backdrop.
- There is no as such assessment questions or keywords provided in the book.
Final Remarks:-
There is not any strong point that we can measure this book less in terms of its contents and concepts. If you're a person interested in learning different political theories, thinkers and philosophers, if you're a student of politics, if you're preparing for any competitive examinations then you must go for the Political Theory by Andrew Heywood. This book is considered in renowned universities like DU, AMU, JNU for students of politics both at Undergraduate & Postgraduate Level.
To Sum up, this book is useful for following purposes:
1. UG & PG Courses of almost all Central Universities.
2. UPSC Mains (If you have taken this subject as an optional)
3. Want to learn political theory and its terms in easiest and authentic way.
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