The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume II: The Intermediate Ages by S E Finer

The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume II: The Intermediate Ages by S E Finer

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This unprecendented survey and analysis of government is planetary in its reach. The Late S.E. Finer's tour de force demonstrates the breadth of imagination and magisterial scholarship which characterized the work of one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century.

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The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume II: The Intermediate Ages by S E Finer

This unprecendented survey and analysis of government is planetary in its reach. The Late S.E. Finer's tour de force demonstrates the breadth of imagination and magisterial scholarship which characterized the work of one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century.
No review can fully capture the breadth and accessibility of SE. Finer's posthumous magnum opus ... its clarity and readability must be emphasized ... Finer constantly reminds us of exceptions that explain the richness and diversity of polities. * John R. Cramsie, History *
This is political science on the grandest scale: three volumes that provide a history of successive forms of government throughout the world from the earliest times to the present day ... Finer presents material on political systems that most political scientists will be completely unfamiliar with, and gives fresh insights into systems that they might have thought they knew ... What makes it a great book, and one that deserves to be read by all students of government, is Finer's remarkable ability to classify and compare across the entire universe of known systems of government. It is not simply the scholarship and erudition that is breathtaking, but also the confident, clear and imaginative use of comparative tools to describe the significance of the systems of government. * Edward Page, Public Policy *
FBA, Fellow of All Souls and Emeritus Gladstone Professor of Government and Public Administration in the University of Oxford (d.1993)
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ISBN 13 9780198207900
ISBN 10 0198207905
Title The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume II: The Intermediate Ages
Author Samuel Finer
Series The History Of Government From The Earliest Times
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1999-05-27
Number of pages 464
Prizes Winner of Winner of the W J M Mackenzie Prize.
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