Defending Politics : Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century

Flinders, Matthew

ISBN 10: 019966904X / ISBN 13: 9780199669042

Verlag: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2013

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15754967-20

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Defending Politics : Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 019966904X
• ISBN-13: 9780199669042
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Good
• Gewicht: 0,441 Pfund

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A fresh, provocative, and above all optimistic view of the achievements and future potential of democratic politics

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Matthew Flinders is Professor of Parliamentary Government & Governance at the University of Sheffield. His book Delegated Governance and the British State (Oxford University Press, 2008) was awarded the W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize 2009 for the best book in political science published that year. Since then he has acted as an advisor to the Government of Thailand on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and also held a Visiting Fellowship in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sydney.

A co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of British Politics (2009), he is also the author of over one hundred journal articles and book chapters.

Aside from the world of politics, he is married with four children and is a keen rugby player and fell runner.