TY - BOOK AU - Sparks,Chris AU - Isaacs,Stuart TI - Political theorists in context SN - 041520125X AV - JA83 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York, N.Y. PB - Routledge KW - Political science KW - History KW - Political development KW - Ideology KW - Social conflict KW - Elite (Social sciences) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Focusing on the historical context in which political theorists have developed their thinking, this textbook provides an invaluable introduction to students of political thought. The authors address a series of canonical major thinkers in the context of three world-changing epochs: the English, French and Industrial revolutions. The theorists' ideas are assessed with reference to the politics of their time and show how they responded to, or interacted with, the political events and issues of their day ER -