You may be OK with standard stuff like Conservatism and Democracy, but do you really know what Patrimonialism is? And what about Oligarchy? Anarcho-syndicalism?

Politics is, we are willing to bet, the most passionately argued-over subject matter, and yet how many of us flounder around in confrontational debates because we have no grip on political theory, just a vague notion that they are all out to get us?

30-Second Politics will help dispel this fog mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colors to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Athens. At no public expense, the book explains each political theory in nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and some propaganda-style imagery, for we all know that a picture opportunity is worth a thousand words of dull interview.

You may be OK with standard stuff like Conservatism and Democracy, but do you really know what Patrimonialism is? And what about Oligarchy? Anarcho-syndicalism? Politics is, we are willing to bet, the most passionately argued-over subject matter, and yet how many of us flounder around in confrontational debates because we have no grip on political theory, just a vague notion that they are all out to get us? 30-Second Politics will help dispel this fog mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colors to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Athens. At no public expense, the book explains each political theory in nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and some propaganda-style imagery, for we all know that a picture opportunity is worth a thousand words of dull interview.

Offering a better understanding of the complexity of the political world, this helpful book explains many political theories readers may wish to be more familiar with. Each political theory is developed within two pages and 300 words, and is complemented by engaging propaganda-style imagery. Readers will learn about what neoconservatives believe in, how an oligarchy differs from other forms of government, and the meaning of anarcho-syndicalism. "Ofreciendo un mejor entendimiento de las complejidades del mundo politico, este util libro explica varias teorias politicas que el lector podria querer manejar mas facilmente. Cada teoria politica se desarrolla dentro de dos paginas y de 300 palabras, y se complementa con imagenes atractivas al estilo propagandistico. El lector aprendera sobre lo que cree un neoconservador, como la oligarquia difiere de otros metodos de gobierno y lo que significa el anarcosindicalismo."