A stimulating and readable essay that defends Crick’s own con-
cept of politics against totalitarians, experts, nationalists and other
false friends.
Leftwich, Adrian, 1983, Redefining Politics, London, Methuen
Interesting for the breadth of examples employed from the Aztecs
to the World Bank.
Marsh, David and Stoker, Gerry (eds), 2002, Theory and Methods in
Political Science, 2nd edn, Basingstoke, Palgrave
A useful, more advanced collection of contributions which cover
approaches to politics, methodological differences (quantitative,
qualitative, comparative methods, etc.) and theories of the state.
Stoker, Gerry, 2006, Why Politics Matters, Basingstoke, Palgrave
Macmillan
Considers the causes of contemporary disenchantment with poli-
tics and makes the case for democratic politics.
Zuckerman, Alan S., 1991, Doing Political Science: An Introduction
to Political Analysis, Oxford, Westview Press
A US view which stresses the study of politics as an academic
social science.Websites
(See Appendix for more on websites as a resource for students of
politics.)
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/politician
Internet Politician: online tutorial with many useful links.
http://www.HaveYourSayOnline.net
UK political system for citizenship education.
http://www.apsanet.org
American Political Science Association, includes an explanation of
what is political science.
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk
Richard Kimber’s excellent Political Science Resources web page.
http://www.psa.ac.uk/www/default.htm
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