About this Book

This new edition of Ponton and Gill's well-known text continues to provide students with a superlative guide to political concepts and institutions.

• The second edition has sold in excess of 5,500 copies
• Thoroughly revised and updated, also two completely new chapters on global politics
• Clearly structured for course use, each chapter length to suit a week's reading
• Clearly written and accessible, very lucid introduction to political concepts