political science

Describes a variety of careers in politics, discussing the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, getting started, advancement possibilities, salary, and employment outlook.

This book outlines the building blocks of democratic government. It presents a conceptual comparitive approach to the study of the political ideas that shaped world history and continue to affect today's political landscape.

Explores the basic ideas of some of the most important thinkers from Plato to Jean-Paul Sartre in the areas of moral, political, and economic philosophies.

The general division of man's natural faculties -- the cause of sense -- of imagination and the kinds thereof -- of the several kinds of discursion of the mind -- of names, reasoning, and discourse of the tongue -- of a knowledge, opinion, and relief -- of delight and pain/good and eveil -- of the pleasurers of the senses/of honour -- of the passions of the mind -- of the difference between men in these discerning faculty and the cause. -- what imaginations and passions men have, at the names of things supernatural -- how by deliberation from passions proceed men's actions -- how by language men work upon each other's minds -- of the estate and right of nature -- of the divesting natural right by gift and covenant -- some of the laws of nature -- other laws of nature -- a confirmation of the same out of the word of God -- of the necessity and definition of a body politic -- of the requisites to the constitution of a commonwealth -- of the three sorts of commonwealth -- of the power of masters -- of the power of fathers, and of patrimonial kingdom -- the incommodities of several sorts of government compared -- that subjects are not bound to follow their private judgments in controversies of religion -- that subjects are not bound to follow the judgment of any authorities in controversies of religion which is not dependent on the sovereign power -- of the causes of rebellion -- of the duty of them that have sovereign power -- of the nature and kinds of laws.

Contains essays that provide information about nineteen different political theories and systems that have been used throughout the world, each with an overview, discussion of the theory's history, philosophy, and application, and an analysis of the theory's strengths and weaknesses.

A new translation of Plato's dialogue in which he attempts to apply his principles of philosophy to political affairs, and discusses his vision of an ideal state. Includes an introduction, notes, an analytical summary of the work, a glossary of proper names, a chronology, and a guide to further reading.

Presents an English translation of the Latin text in which seventeenth-century English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes explores the philosophical elements of the true citizen, and includes a glossary of Latin terms, a chronology, a bibliography, and an expository introduction.