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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought

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  • © 2007

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  1. Roger Scruton
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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Abdication

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 1-50

  3. Ba’ath

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 51-71

  4. Cabal

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 72-161

  5. Dante Alighieri

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 162-195

  6. Eastern question

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 196-237

  7. Fabianism

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 238-266

  8. G8

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 267-285

  9. Habeas corpus

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 286-312

  10. Ibn Khaldūn

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 313-350

  11. Jacobinism

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 351-363

  12. Kaldor

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 364-372

  13. Labour

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 373-409

  14. Maastricht Treaty

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 410-460

  15. Nanny state

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 461-486

  16. Oakeshott

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 487-501

  17. Pacific blockade

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 502-572

  18. Quango

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 573-574

  19. Race

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 575-613

  20. Sacrament

    • Roger Scruton
    Pages 614-678
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This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an indispensable guide to the thought, the wisdom and the folly of modern politics by one of the most lucid philosophers of our time.

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'It is much more than a dictionary, and is in fact more akin an encyclopaedia in terms of content...an essential reference work that should be available in all government, public and academic libraries.' Terry O'Brien, Reference Reviews

About the author

ROGER SCRUTON is a writer, philosopher and public commentator. He engages in contemporary political and cultural debates from the standpoint of a conservative thinker and is well known as a powerful polemicist. He has written widely in the press on political and cultural issues. He is currently research professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences where he teaches philosophy at their graduate school in both Washington and Oxford. He is also a visiting professor at Princeton University teaching a course offered jointly through the politics and philosophy departments.

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