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Politics in Minutes
Quick, accessible, compact guide to understanding key political concepts. Contents include: Liberty, Justice, Equality, Human rights, Social contract, Democracy, Monarchy, Anarchism, Capitalism, Socialism, Nationalism and Globalisation.
- GenresPoliticsNonfiction
416 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2016
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About the author
Marcus Weeks
71 books23 followersMarcus Weeks é colaborador frequente de enciclopédias e livros de referência, atuando também como consultor de vários títulos da editora britânica Dorling Kindersley. É autor de diversos livros, como Se liga na filosofia e O livro da psicologia.
Possui uma vasta lista de talentos e interesses. Quando não está escrevendo, é professor de música, dá aulas de inglês para estrangeiros, administra uma galeria de arte, afina e restaura pianos, é editor de música, arranjador, compositor, entre muitas outras coisas. Mora em Hastings, na Inglaterra.
Ele também escreve sob o pseudônimo: Nicholas D. Satan
Possui uma vasta lista de talentos e interesses. Quando não está escrevendo, é professor de música, dá aulas de inglês para estrangeiros, administra uma galeria de arte, afina e restaura pianos, é editor de música, arranjador, compositor, entre muitas outras coisas. Mora em Hastings, na Inglaterra.
Ele também escreve sob o pseudônimo: Nicholas D. Satan
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October 20, 2022
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October 2, 2018
It’s basically a book of political terms and definitions with examples and photos. Good book to refresh your memory about political terms but could be challenging to understand for people who know nothing about politics because there is not enough explanation for the to understand the concept and ideology.
November 25, 2019
If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, then this book should be viewed with extreme caution. Now I don't consider myself a political genius, which is among the reasons I wanted to read this book; figuring it would be a good comprehensive overview of the topic. And admittedly, it started out strong, but somewhere along the way, its earlier erudition gave way to mixing senses of terms, conflating ideas, and generally bludgeoning the reader with the author's worldview, rather than maintaining an air of impartiality.
October 9, 2017
This book is rather unsophisticated in its content but uses adult wording throughout the book as it is after all a political book which is an adult subject. I do not agree with allot of the book and think it is not suitable for us at ISB as it influences and imposes a clear view/opinion on the struggles which is incorrect to do in a factual book of any kind unless it is stated on the cover. This is why I rate it only three stars.
March 23, 2025
I used this book to review concepts and as prompt for writing. If you want an in-depth book, this is not for you. But if you just want a short 2-5 paragraphs of definitions and overview, this is a quick book to go through.
November 23, 2022
Great refresher for my high school education in world history, philosophy, economy, society, etc.
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February 19, 2025The book sat on my shelf for years until one day, I skimmed through it and transformed it into a collage, as a gift for my friend.
March 28, 2016
This guide-like book is an easy access to a quick and deeper glimpse into understanding the political terms and concepts. It features over 200 terms that relate to politics and governmental issues and how it affects the governing system that is here to keep track of our nations today.
From terms that I had barely understood to terms that I knew, this book gave each political concept a paragraph summary on what it is. These political terms derived from the era where a governing system was barely created through the World Wars and to the days of the present, where government and politics are of a crucial part of our society today in order to maintain and build up a stronger- or even weaker- nation.
"Politics in Minutes" is a great book for those who have an intermediate-level knowledge of the terms that are described and talked about in this guide. It's very informative on each topic that it issued in each specific page, however, it is also quite harder to understand if you do not understand the word itself and what it means.
An advantage of reading this book (if you are of understanding of the terms that are mentioned) is that you get an extra gist of the context of the term. This can be very helpful when you know the word, yet the definition does help you understand fully and completely on how the term relates/affects government and politics.
A disadvantage for those who don't quite understand a lot of the terms of this book is that it does not do a very good job of explaining beforehand of what the political concept means. It digs deep right into the facts without giving an introduction on the definition of the word.
In conclusion, this book is a great "EXTRA GIST" to your pre-existing knowledge on politics, and government systems and even history in general. It's a great book to read for those who are in History classes such as US History, World History and APUSH, etc. I would recommend it to those who truly would want to dig deeper in to understand not just what it means, but the impact it has on each governmental role.
From terms that I had barely understood to terms that I knew, this book gave each political concept a paragraph summary on what it is. These political terms derived from the era where a governing system was barely created through the World Wars and to the days of the present, where government and politics are of a crucial part of our society today in order to maintain and build up a stronger- or even weaker- nation.
"Politics in Minutes" is a great book for those who have an intermediate-level knowledge of the terms that are described and talked about in this guide. It's very informative on each topic that it issued in each specific page, however, it is also quite harder to understand if you do not understand the word itself and what it means.
An advantage of reading this book (if you are of understanding of the terms that are mentioned) is that you get an extra gist of the context of the term. This can be very helpful when you know the word, yet the definition does help you understand fully and completely on how the term relates/affects government and politics.
A disadvantage for those who don't quite understand a lot of the terms of this book is that it does not do a very good job of explaining beforehand of what the political concept means. It digs deep right into the facts without giving an introduction on the definition of the word.
In conclusion, this book is a great "EXTRA GIST" to your pre-existing knowledge on politics, and government systems and even history in general. It's a great book to read for those who are in History classes such as US History, World History and APUSH, etc. I would recommend it to those who truly would want to dig deeper in to understand not just what it means, but the impact it has on each governmental role.
January 2, 2017
This is a really useful introduction to the key concepts within politics, and some of the wider sociological concepts that are inextricably linked. For example, did you know that the origin of the left-right spectrum is from the French revolution, when members of the National Assembly divided themselves between those who supported the king and those who supported the revolution? The king's supporters sat to the right of the president, and the revolution's supporters sat to his left!
The format of the book is both a pro and a con. Every concept gets one page with a picture on the facing page. On the positive side, it's very simple and it means you can dip in and out of it to read about just one or two concepts if you don't want to read the whole book in one go.
On the flip side, it's not easy to get into it because there's no real segmentation or summary - it's just one concept after the other. There is a kind of order - e.g. there's a whole section on the different kinds of anarchy, but as many of these things are quite complex (and overlapping), it would have benefitted some summary pages or flow diagrams to just show how things connect.
Otherwise, a great introduction to the subject.
The format of the book is both a pro and a con. Every concept gets one page with a picture on the facing page. On the positive side, it's very simple and it means you can dip in and out of it to read about just one or two concepts if you don't want to read the whole book in one go.
On the flip side, it's not easy to get into it because there's no real segmentation or summary - it's just one concept after the other. There is a kind of order - e.g. there's a whole section on the different kinds of anarchy, but as many of these things are quite complex (and overlapping), it would have benefitted some summary pages or flow diagrams to just show how things connect.
Otherwise, a great introduction to the subject.
October 1, 2018
I truly enjoyed this book. I’ve recommended to several people via word of mouth and am finally expanding my enthusiastic thoughts to more potential readers.
This is not necessarily an in-depth work. However, it does set the record straight on some of the political terms and ensuing misunderstood concepts based on those labels.
It’s a quick read and well worth spending time to learn more about how we ended up in our political quagmire.
This is not necessarily an in-depth work. However, it does set the record straight on some of the political terms and ensuing misunderstood concepts based on those labels.
It’s a quick read and well worth spending time to learn more about how we ended up in our political quagmire.
January 30, 2019
I read this book 2 or 3 times.
May 1, 2017
Concise and precise. Handy book for a quick review of political ideology concepts
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