(Politics: Ideas in Profile) [By: Runciman, David] [Jun, 2014] Paperback

Excellent piece of work.

A deceptively easily to read and very coherent outline of the main historical political processes. The straight-forwardness of the text owes much to the author's abundant knowledge and all round comprehension of almost all aspects of his subject but this should not be confounded with simplicity. Indeed, Runciman raises several interesting and novel ideas for the reader to question: again and again, he raises and then questions les idées reçues thereby probing the reader to question the tenets which have been laid down and thereby understand the fundamentals.The author is, incontrovertibly, a man of scholarship; but, more importantly, he is a profound and singular thinker.

Although the book is a little dated, I still found it hugely informative. It is an excellent starting point for anyone wanting to explore the political world. It is written clearly and allows easy access to the complexities of politics. It's only 163 pages, so it does not take long to read. It is exceptionally apposite to the notion, as David Runciman puts it himself, that politics matter!

no problem i like the book.

Good

So relevant wie eh und je. Politik leicht und verständlich erklärt.In der heutigen Zeit absolut lesenswert, wenn man verstehen will, was gerad hier so los ist.Mir hat es erste Einblicke in die Politik gewährt und seitdem bin ich vom politischen Nihilisten zum Interessenten geworden.5 von 5 Sternen!

Decent little book.Kindle version not great, can't read the writing on illustrations.About the content: As a beginner who knows very little about politics, I downloaded this as a starting point. It wasn't necessarily a great introduction to political thinking as it doesn't give an overview, rather focuses in on certain political theorists. But I learnt a lot and still a very interesting read.