The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World provides readers with the depth of coverage, the historical contexts, and the richness of interpretation needed to come to terms with today's volatile international scene. Drawing on the insights of nearly 500 authors from more than 40 countries, the volume provides comprehensive coverage of international affairs and domestic politics throughout the…
Comprising definitions and explanations of around 1000 key terms presented in an engaging style and cross-referenced to readers, this guide provides students and readers with an introduction to the terminology of political science. It includes a section of short biographies of the most eminent writers in the discipline.
We live in dangerous times, when a new kind of leadership is required. Visionary and ruthlessly strategic, Warrior Politics extracts the best of the wisdom of the ages for modern lead- ers who are faced with the complex life-and-death challenges of today's world-and determined to win. Sun-Tzu urges leaders to "plan and calculate like a hungry man." Machiavelli defines a policy not by its excell…
Dengan mengangkat isu HAM dan demokrasi, dan ter- akhir isu perang melawan terorisme, AS demikian gencar melakukan intervensi, ekspansi pengaruh hingga invasi militer ke negara-negara kecil tak berdaya semisal Afghanistan dan Irak. Petualangan politik dan kekuasaan AS di bawah kepemimpinan Presiden George W. Bush dinilai banyak kalangan telah kelewat batas.
Buku ini merentang bahasan fundamental tentang komunikasi politik mulai dari sejarah komunikasi politik; teori dan konsep; hingga teknik dan praktik kegiatan. Disertakan pula perbincangan mengenai berbagai isu penting terkait komunikasi politik sebagai jembatan antara teori dan kenyataan yang ada di lapangan.
From renowned investigative author Matthew Smith comes the first exposé to offer a plausible theory based on direct witness testimony. Here, at long last, the truth is revealed about what-and who-was really behind the assassinations that felled first a president, then a senator, and the tragedy that demolished the aspirations of the last Kennedy to try for the White House. Packed with startlin…
Buku ini menguak komunikasi politik dan kepemimpinan enam Presiden Indonesia, Bung Karno, Soeharto, Habibie, Gus Dur, Megawati, sampai Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Buku ini juga berhasil mengungkap sisi lain dari berbagai peristiwa penting di Tanah Air.
Buku ini menelusuri pemikiran politik barat dari zaman Socrates (429-347) pada masa Yunani hingga masa yang dekat kini dengan Roosevelt (1882-1945) dan Attlee (1883-1967). Buku ini disertakan pula cuplikan tulisan beberapa pemikir, diantaranya; Plato, Aristoteles, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Ibnu Khaldun, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, Lenin, Stalin dan Kautsy…
Across the developed world, public confidence in politics and politicians has slumped Solutions that once worked in tackling acute problems like unemployment, crime or low educational standards are no longer producing results, and the grand ideologies that dominated the twentieth century seem bankrupt, empty of relevance and popular appeal, Yet thought has not ceased, and the last few years hav…
Contents: 1. Weekend teach-in: Opening session 2. Teach-in: Over coffee 3. Teach-in: Evening 4. Colloquy 5. Ruling the world 6. Community activists etc.