Political Science and Changing Politics
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Political Science and Changing Politics
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9789462987487
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English
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Chapter 1. Politics and power Chapter 2. Social and Political Inequality Chapter 3. Nations, Nationalism and the Nation State Chapter 4. The Welfare State under Pressure Chapter 5. Consensus Democracy in the Netherlands

Philip van Praag (ed.)

Political Science and Changing Politics

Politics is about conflict, struggle, decision-making, power and influence. But not every conflict and not every situation in which power is exercised is widely regarded as politics. A football coach who decides to leave a player on the bench because he has given him a bit of lip, is exerting power, and there is conflict here, too. However, few people would consider this a political issue. The same applies to a mother who quarrels with her adolescent daughter about going to a house party, a schoolteacher who gives a student detention, and so on. But if we were to limit our understanding of politics to official decisions that are taken by governments, in parliaments or on municipal councils, we would fail to recognise the political meaning of trade unions, lobbyists, protest groups, corporations and other more-or-less organised groups that influence collective decision-making.
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Philip van Praag

Philip van Praag is Senior Lecturer Political Science at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.

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