The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas) Hardcover – February 18, 2013

What a mountain of knowledge! Just to my taste and upbuilding. To the extent that I lost my right of copying more text. So I grabbed another means, screenshots. Now I have a system of screenshots. But, in the end, they are not very practical as notes. Better scroll the book on and on. A good model for the structure of any ebook form textbook. I am just constructting one. Have read Philosophy as my first DK revolutionary easy readers. Am intending to read the whole lot of them as a well-earned dessert as an 83 year oldboy economics professor. Have already ordered Religion and a couple of others. Warmly recommend to anybody.Kindle introduction word to word confirmed. Five stars generously earned.

Bought for kids, but enjoying a lot myself. Very fast delivery, safe packed, in protective plastic.

You don't have to be a political Science student to love this book. it gives a succinct description of every political philosophy from Plato to present. this is a great volume for clarifying your own political positions as well as seeing the vast landscape of ideas that are never discussed in school or university. The book describes the human search for ideas that keep us from being beasts, yet at the same time keep the lights on and the water running.

As a PhD in political science who formerly taught this subject at the college level, I was eager to see how the entire spectrum of political thought over the ages would be covered in a single volume.The effort in itself is admirable. Making this type of knowledge accessible to a popular audience is challenging, in more ways than one. Being interesting, concise and accurate all at the same time is certainly not easy. And it is inevitable that the process of selecting which information to present and how to present it will subject any such collection to criticism.A close look at many of the entries does indeed reveal some rough spots, to say the least. And the ideas are not always as easy to understand as they are clearly intended to be. Typographical errors and vocabulary issues also detract from the presentation.Though it wouldn’t be appropriate to consider this book any kind of definitive reference work, however, it can certainly serve the very positive purpose of exposing readers to a wide array of ideas and whetting their appetite for more detailed treatments.At the same time, I was positively impressed with the effort made to include various viewpoints and cultural perspectives. Certainly the nine UK-based contributors are entitled to an A for effort.

I give this book 5 stars, for being exactly as I hoped for. A brief introduction on the most basic and fundamental subjects in politics. It has achieved its aspirations, by explaining politics in a simple to understand language. Has given enough information in order to understand the key points, but not too much that I would feel like I am wasting my time reading it.

At this point we have almost all books from this series. Out son is a freshman in High School so he is not yet ready for a book that’s nothing but plain print. The books in these series have graphs and timelines and images. They are incredibly easy to read but contain tons of information.

People conflict their own bias with the goal of this book. The goal of this book is to teach all the beginner's level knowledge in politics. It's the same as taking a level 1 or 2 politics course in college. Obviously doesn't get too into depth, but that's not what it's meant to do. 1 star reviews against the information in the book is generally due to a fervorous idealogy. People need to keep their personal political preferences in check when submitting reviews.

Really good book to have on a coffee table or somewhere for a casual read. My degree is in political science and this book is very accurate and covers a good amount of history. I saw it at my ex girlfriends house and I bought it for myself, great graphics and a very good quality book. Under priced in my opinion, you will not be disapointed, they also have more in the series if you are interested