This dictionary is the essential guide to politics, its terminologies, ideologies and institutions. Providing authoritative and up-to-date information that is invaluable to both students and general readers, it includes: * well over 500 extensive definitions * an understanding of the basics of political thought and theory * clear, no-nonsense coverage of complex ideologies and dogmas * succinct definitions of highly specialized and technical terms. Previously published by Penguin, this third edition has been extensively revised and updated with many new entries.