| The Politics Today Companion to the British Constitution Contributor(s): Pilkington, Colin (Author) |
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ISBN: 071905303X ISBN-13: 9780719053030 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1999 Annotation: This companion to the British Constitution was born out of the view that the tendency for modern political studies to concentrate on processes rather than structures results in a failure to understand basic political terminology. Readers coming to politics for the first time often do not have the basic vocabulary with which to understand the subject. This book is an attempt to provide that basic vocabulary. An introductory survey of concepts relating to the constitutional framework leads to a glossary in which basic terminology is clearly defined and extensively cross-referenced. The glossary can therefore be used as a reference to find the meaning of a word or expression, as an aid to developing a newcomer's ideas or to provide illustrative material for essays. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Constitutions - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 320.441 |
| LCCN: 99232875 |
| Series: Politics Today (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.17" W x 9.22" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This companion to the British Constitution was born out of the view that the tendency for modern political studies to concentrate on processes rather than structures, results in a failure to understand the basic political terminology. Teachers and writers assume a knowledge on the part of others that may well not exist. This means that students coming to politics for the first time often do not have the basic vocabulary with which to understand the subject. This book provides that vocabulary. |