This dictionary is the essential guide to politics, its terminologies, ideologies and institutions. It provides authoritative and up-to-date information that is invaluable to both students and general readers.

* well over 500 extensive definitions
* an understanding of the basics of political thought and theory
* clear, no-nonsense coverage of complex ideologies and dogmas
* succinct definitions of highly specialised and technical terms

Previously published by Penguin, this third edition is extensively revised and updated with many new entries.