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In Defence of Politics

Crick asserts that politics, with its compromises and power struggles, remains the only tested alternative to government by coercion, making both freedoma nd order possible in heterogeneous societies. For Crick, politics is necessarily imperfect, messy anmd complex, yet his book defends it against htose who would identify it with (and reduce it to) ideology, nationalism, technology or populist democracy. In this fifth edition, Crick warns us that present-day politicians are in danger of threatening both citizenship and common humanity. He discusses the popular distrust for politicians in both t.

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  • "Crick asserts that politics, with its compromises and power struggles, remains the only tested alternative to government by coercion, making both freedoma nd order possible in heterogeneous societies. For Crick, politics is necessarily imperfect, messy anmd complex, yet his book defends it against htose who would identify it with (and reduce it to) ideology, nationalism, technology or populist democracy. In this fifth edition, Crick warns us that present-day politicians are in danger of threatening both citizenship and common humanity. He discusses the popular distrust for politicians in both t."@en
  • "In this illuminating celebration of the political world, Bernard Crick asserts that politics, with its compromises and power struggles, remains the only tested alternative to government by coercion, making both freedom and order possible in heterogeneous societies. For Crick, politics is messy and complex, and his book defends it against those who would identify it with (and reduce it to) ideology, democracy, nationalism, or technology. This Fourth edition has been updated to include an assessment of the revolutions in 1989 in Eastern Europe. It also examines current situations in Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, and South Africa."
  • "Faced with political scandal, broken promises and the seeming impotence of governments in the face of economic globalization, cynicism about politics is rampant in the established democracies of the west. Meanwhile, the 'Arab Spring' of 2011 saw people out on the streets willing to put their lives on the line for the sake of the very political freedoms others took for granted. Against this backdrop, Bernard Crick's classic In Defence of Politics remains as important and inspiring a read as ever. First published in 1962 and regularly revised up until its final edition in 2002, this book argue."@en
  • "This fifth edition includes a substantial new preface and an afterword on how politicians can threaten citizenship and common humanity. Crick also discusses the popular distrust for politicians both in the USA and the UK."@en

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  • "Difesa della politica"@it
  • "Difesa della politica"
  • "[In Defence of Politics.] Eine Lanze für die Politik, etc. [Translated by Christoph Burgauner.]"
  • "In Defence of Politics"@en
  • "In Defence of Politics"
  • "In Defence of Politics. Revised Pelican edition"@en
  • "En defensa de la política"
  • "En defensa de la política"@es
  • "In defemce of politics"
  • "In defence of politics : Rev. Pelican ed"
  • "In Defence of politics"
  • "In defence of politics"@en
  • "In defence of politics"
  • "Eine Lanze für die Politik"
  • "In defense of politics"
  • "In defense of politics"@en
  • "In defence of politics 2d ed"

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