Political Thought: A Guide to the Classics
"A boon to students in its unique mix of history, philosophy, and guidance. For instructors, a great resource and vehicle for introducing major thinkers. . . . I would use this book and cannot wait for it to be printed."  Mark F. Griffith, University of West Alabama"This text is on to something very important-teaching the techniques of reading political theory closely. By creating a text that is meant to support the first-hand reading of primary texts rather than supplant them, this text would be a valuable supplement in many political theory courses. . . . The strengths of the book are in the advice contained in Careful Reading and the Guide and discussion questions. This is the heart of the book and it does its job well. Its overall approach-to supplement, encourage, and aide in the reading of original texts-is the book's key advantage over any other theory text that I have seen."  Kenneth B. Peter, San Jose State University"The book is . . . ably and accessibly written and should prove invaluable to beginning students at a wide variety of institutions. It is designed to help students read on their own and succeeds admirably in doing just that. Ms Bagby . . . writes clearly, directly, and . . . with an absolute minimum of obfuscation . . . rarely met in the extant literature."  Paul Thomas, University of California, Berkeley