Little Book of Big Ideas: Politics - Hardcover

The Little Book of Big Ideas: Politics covers the 50 most influential people in the history of world politics, and focuses on 10 ideas or political movements that have fundamentally affected the way we live. From Plato to Mao Tse Tung, and from Cicero to Nelson Mandela, this little book provides concise overviews of complex issues and the great personalities that have shaped the path of history. Part handbook, part mini-encyclopaedia, this is a fascinating insight into the ideas of the men and women who have shaped our world.

Mathew Forstater is Associate Professor of Economics and Black Studies, and Director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Previously a visiting scholar at the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College he has taught at Bard and Gettysburg College and remains a research associate with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. He has been published widely on political economy and the history of academic thought in a range of academic journals.