
Political Science and Changing Politics
Philip van Praag(Editor)
Amsterdam University Press
Published on 31. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-94-6298-748-7 (ISBN)
Description
Politics is about conflict, struggle, decision-making, power and influence. But not every conflict and not every situation in which power is exercised is widely regarded as politics. A football coach who decides to leave a player on the bench because he has given him a bit of lip, is exerting power, and there is conflict here, too. However, few people would consider this a political issue. The same applies to a mother who quarrels with her adolescent daughter about going to a house party, a schoolteacher who gives a student detention, and so on. But if we were to limit our understanding of politics to official decisions that are taken by governments, in parliaments or on municipal councils, we would fail to recognise the political meaning of trade unions, lobbyists, protest groups, corporations and other more-or-less organised groups that influence collective decision-making.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
0 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-6298-748-7 (9789462987487)
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Persons
Philip van Praag is Senior Lecturer Political Science at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.
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Content
Chapter 1. Politics and power Chapter 2. Social and Political Inequality Chapter 3. Nations, Nationalism and the Nation State Chapter 4. The Welfare State under Pressure Chapter 5. Consensus Democracy in the Netherlands