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THIS EXCITING NEW TEXTBOOK PRESENT A CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEMES AND ISSUES IN POLITICAL THOUGHT HAVE EMERGED AND DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. CHARTING THE PROGRESSION FROM THE PREOCCUPATION WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN STATE, THROUGH TO THE CURRENT DEBATES ON RIGHTS, IDENTITY AND JUSTICE; THE THREE PARTS OF THE BOOK ENABLE THE IDEAS OF SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL THINKERS TO UNFOLD THROUGH A TELLING OF THE KEY POLITICALEVENTS THAT GAVE A SOCIAL CONTEXT FOR THEIR THOUGHT: -PART I: THE INTER-WAR DEBATE - WEBER, GRAMSCI AND SCHMITT -PART II: POST-WAR DEBATES --ARENDT, OAKESHOTT, DE BEAUVOIR AND ADORNO. -PART III: CONTEMPORARY DEBATES --RAWLS, NOZICK, KYMICKLA AND FOUCALT.