Product Description: Utilizing 100 key readings, The Political Theory Reader explores the rich tradition of ideas that shape the way we live and the great issues in political theory today. Allows students to see how competing ideological viewpoints think about the same political issuesProvides readers with direct access to authors covered in the From Ideologies to Public Philosophies textFacilitates discussions by having readings arranged thematically throughout textExtracts of works specifically chosen to focus on topics central to issues covered in chapters...read more

Product Description: From Ideologies to Public Philosophies: An Introduction to Political Theory provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries—along with contemporary and emerging outlooks—to address the essential questions of political theory...read more

Product Description: "Choosing a President" evaluates the Electoral College system and six legitimate alternatives to it. A team of 37 political scientists consider the fundamental questions that go to the heart of the debate. On the basis of these deliberations, each contributor indicates the extent to which he or she supports or opposes the Electoral College and its alternatives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This reader complements GREAT IDEAS/GRAND SCHEMES. Together, the text and reader provide students with a comprehensive and systematic introduction to political theories and ideologies in the 19th and 20th centuries. This reader provides introductions regarding the context and basic ideas of twelve ideologies and the nature and importance of ideologies in general and the author of each article and his or her concerns and contributions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book provides students with a comprehensive and systematic introduction to political theories and ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries. The text is organized into four parts. Part I describes the leading ideologies of the twentieth century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)