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Written by a team of well-known political scientists from Warwick University, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of politics available. * Over 1,500 entries provide international coverage of major political institutions, thinkers, and concepts * Covers new and thriving branches of the subject, including international political economy, voting theory, and feminism

Iain McLean is an Official Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford, and Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. He has held visiting appointments at Stanford and Yale. His books include Public Choice (1987) and Rational Choice and British Politics (2001). His varied research interests cover the history of social choice, the properties of electoral systems, the political economy of the Enlightenment, and UK public policy. Alistair McMillan is a Research Officer working at Nuffield College, Oxford. He has carried out research on British and Indian politics, focusing on elections and voting behaviour.

List of Contributors

vii

Preface

ix

Dictionary

Principal Office Holders by Country

539

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics

0192852884

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