In Defence of Politics - Couverture souple

Crick, Bernard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826487513 ISBN 13 : 9780826487513

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2005

Synopsis

Crick asserts that politics, with its compromises and power struggles, remains the only tested alternative to government by coercion, making both freedom and order possible in heterogeneous societies. For Crick, politics is necessarily imperfect, messy and complex, yet his book defends it against those who would identify it with (and reduce it to) ideology, nationalism, technology or populist democracy. In this fifth edition, Crick warns us that present-day politicians are in danger of threatening both citizenship and common humanity. He discusses the popular distrust for politicians in both the UK and USA, arguing that they have lowered the level of public debate for short-term gain; and he discusses how suchvshort-termism is preventing timely attempts to tackle despoliation of the global environment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sir Bernard Crick is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Honorary Fellow in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826487513
• ISBN 13: 9780826487513
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: WordUnited GmbH; distribution@wordunited.com; ; Theodorstrasse 105; DUSSELDORF; 40472; Allemagne