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An interactive guide to building a country that teaches children the basics of nation-building and highlights events that have shaped countries throughout history.

Sweeping into the office of U.S. president with his mesmerizing oratory of hope and change, Barack Obama forever transformed American politics.

Explains what government is, identifies different levels of government, and discusses its purpose.

"Twayne's American thought and culture series." Current research on the origins of national thought and culture in the U.

Presents fifteenth-century Italian leader Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise on political power, statecraft, and the qualities of the ideal ruler, and includes historical context, explanatory notes, excerpts of criticism, discussion questions, and other study tools.

The author presents a comprehensive analysis of the political language of the political right, and maintains that their main objective is to move national politics steadily toward their conservative point of view.

Presents an overview of major political issues and theories from fifty personalities who that helped to change and shape the world.

Presents a copy of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," a political pamphlet written in 1776 that reflected Paine's views about British oppression in the colonies and his passionate pursuit of liberty.

Presents the text of eighteenth-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's essay on the principles of constitutional legitimacy.

A dictionary of world politics that includes over 1,700 entries covering political terminology, theory, methodology, international relations, and thinkers; with a detailed appendix of political leaders listed by country.

A guide to understanding how the U.S. government works, providing descriptions of each of the three branches of government, reviewing the history of political parties, discussing civil rights and liberties, and considering the effects of the media on politics.

Blends humor and facts in a look at events in America and the world, providing information about the electoral system in the U.

Thomas Hobbes argues that human beings are above all concerned with their own individual desires and fears.

Contains political quotations from speeches, letters, diaries, secondary sources, and literary and published works; arranged alphabetically by author, with keyword and selective subject indexes.