30-Second Politics : The 50 most thought-provoking theories in politics, each explained in half a minute by Taylor, Steven L. (Steven Lynn), 1968- instant download

30-Second Politics : The 50 most thought-provoking theories in politics, each explained in half a minute by Taylor, Steven L. (Steven Lynn), 1968- instant download

159 pages : 24 cm, You may be OK with standard stuff like Republicanism and Democracy, but do you really know what Neocon is? And what about Oligarchy? Anarcho-syndicalism? Politics is, we are willing to bet, the most passionately argued-over subject matter, and yet how many of us flounder around in confrontational debates because we have no grip on political theory, just a vague notion that they are all out to get us?, 30-Second Politics will help dispel this fog of mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colors to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Athens. At no public expense, the book explains each political theory in nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and some propaganda-style imagery, for we all know that a picture opportunity is worth a thousand words of dull interview, \"This 2011 edition published by Metro Books by arrangement with Ivy Press\"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index, Monarchy -- Despotism -- Aristocracy -- profile: Aristotle -- Oligarchy -- Democracy -- Popular Sovereignty -- Authoritarianism -- Class Conflict -- One-Party Rule -- Fascism -- profile: Benito Mussolini -- Nazism -- Totalitarianism -- Patrimonialism -- Praetorianism -- Theocracy -- Anarchism -- Representative Democracy -- Majoritarianism -- Proportional Representation -- Classical Liberalism -- profile: John Locke -- Conservatism -- Liberalism -- Libertarianism -- Social Democracy -- Legislative Power -- Executive Power -- Judicial Power -- Separation of Powers -- profile: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu -- Checks and Balances -- Parliamentary Democracy -- Federalism -- Unitary State -- Communism -- Marxism -- profile: Karl Marx -- Leninism -- Maoism -- Anarcho-Syndicalism -- Capitalism -- Socialism -- Globalization -- Keynesianism -- Mercantilism --…