On Politics by Alan Ryan (Paperback, 2013)

Penguin Books Ltd

On Politics\nby Alan Ryan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Alan Ryan\nTitle: On Politics\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political science and theory\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780140285185\nISBN-10: 0140285180\nRRP: \u00A318.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nA magisterial, one-volume history of political thought from Herodotus to the present, Ancient Athens to modern democracy - from author and professor Alan Ryan\n\nThis is a book about the answers that historians, philosophers, theologians, practising politicians and would-be revolutionaries have given to one question: how should human beings best govern themselves? \n\nAlmost every modern government claims.