Key concepts in politics and international relations

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Uses and Abuses of Political Concepts
	What is a concept?
	Normative and descriptive concepts
	Contested concepts
	Words and things
Key Concepts: Their Meaning and Significance
	Absolutism
	Accountability
	Anarchism
	Anarchy
	Animal rights
	Anti-politics
	Arms race
	Authoritarianism
	Authority
	Autonomy
	Balance of power
	Behaviouralism
	Bicameralism
	Bill of rights
	Bureaucracy
	Cabinet
	Capitalism
	Centralization/decentralization
	Checks and balances
	Christian democracy
	Citizenship
	Civil disobedience
	Civil liberty
	Civil society
	Coalition
	Collective security
	Collectivism
	Collectivization
	Committee
	Communism
	Communitarianism
	Community
	Conflict of civilizations
	Confucianism
	Consensus
	Consent
	Conservatism
	Consociationalism
	Constitution
	Constitutionalism
	Constructivism
	Consumerism
	Corporatism
	Cosmopolitanism
	Crimes against humanity
	Critical theory
	Cross-generational justice
	Democracy
	Democratic peace
	Democratization
	Deterrence
	Development
	Devolution
	Dialectic
	Dictatorship
	Diplomacy
	Discourse
	Ecologism
	Election
	Elitism
	Empiricism
	Equality
	Executive
	Failed state
	Fascism
	Federalism
	Feminism
	Free trade
	Freedom
	Functionalism
	Game theory
	Gender
	Geopolitics
	Global civil society
	Global governance
	Global justice
	Globalization
	Governance
	Government
	Great power
	Hard/soft power
	Hegemony
	Historical materialism
	Human development
	Human nature
	Human rights
	Humanitarian intervention
	Idealism
	Identity politics
	Ideology
	Imperialism
	Individualism
	Institutionalism
	Interdependence
	Intergovernmentalism
	International aid
	International law
	International organization
	International relations
	International society
	Internationalism
	Islamism
	Jihad
	Judiciary
	Just war
	Justice
	Laissez faire
	Law
	Leadership
	Left/Right
	Legitimacy
	Liberal democracy
	Liberalism
	Libertarianism
	Local government
	Mandate
	Market
	Marxism
	Mass media
	Meritocracy
	Militarism
	Minority rights
	Monarchy
	Multiculturalism
	Multilateralism
	Multi-level governance
	Nation
	Nation-state
	Nationalism
	Nazism
	Neoliberalism
	Neutrality
	Non-governmental organization
	Obligation
	Opposition
	Order
	Pacifism
	Paradigm
	Parliament
	Parliamentary government
	Patriarchy
	Patriotism
	Peace-building
	Pluralism
	Polarity
	Policy
	Political culture
	Political economy
	Political party
	Political philosophy
	Political science
	Political theory
	Politics
	Populism
	Positivism
	Postcolonialism
	Postmodernism
	Power
	Pragmatism
	President
	Presidential government
	Pressure group
	Prime minister
	Property
	Proportional representation
	Punishment
	Race/ethnicity
	Racialism/racism
	Rational choice
	Rationalism
	Realism
	Referendum
	Reform
	Regionalism
	Religious fundamentalism
	Representation
	Republicanism
	Responsibility
	Revolution
	Rights
	Rule of law
	Security
	Security dilemma
	Separation of powers
	Social class
	Social democracy
	Social justice
	Social movement
	Socialism
	Sovereignty
	State
	Subsidiarity
	Superpower
	Supranationalism
	Sustainable development
	Systems theory
	Terrorism
	Third Way
	Toleration
	Toryism
	Totalitarianism
	Tradition
	Transnational corporation
	Transnationalism
	Utilitarianism
	Utopianism
	War
	Welfare
List of Figures
Glossary of Key Political Thinkers
Bibliography
Index