
The Political
Stefano Bartolini(Author)
ECPR Press
Published on 19. February 2018
Book
Hardback
170 pages
978-1-78660-690-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Politics' is a noun that points to a field or sphere of human activity and interaction. 'Political' is an adjective that usually associates with other names to qualify and specify them. Political behaviour, political institutions, political participation and political groups denote special kinds of behaviour, institutions, participation and groups whose specialty resides in their being 'political'. What does this specification refer to? This is the question that this book aims to answer.
The book unpacks the 'politics' understood as the production and distribution of 'behavioural compliance,' as opposed to the view of politics as a distribution of values, an aggregation of preferences or a solution to social dilemmas. Starting from a motivational definition of elementary political action, the endeavour proceeds to a differentiation of compliance instigations in different social fields of interaction, characterised by various levels of confinement of the actors and of monopolisation of command.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Colchester
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Junior to College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Illustrations; Tables; Charts
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78660-690-7 (9781786606907)
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Person
Stefano Bartolini is 'Peter Mair' Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute