The Encyclopedia Of Political Thought Set

The Encyclopedia of Political Thought is the most comprehensive and rigorous treatment of significant political thinkers, political theories, concepts, ideas, and schools of thought.

• Examines the history of political thought from antiquity to contemporary political theory and political philosophy
• Reflects diverse traditions in the evolution of political theory and political science
• Addresses the theorists, their key theories and methods from within the western canon and from non-western perspectives
• Offers over 900 entries including shorter definitions and biographies as well as extended treatments of major topics from over 700 contributors from around the world.
• Published in association with The Foundations of Political Theory, an organized section of the American Political Science Association
• Available as an online platform or as an eight volume print set

Editor-in-Chief Michael Gibbons is Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1983 with foci on political theory and political economy. He has taught at Siena College and Boston University, as well as at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic as part of the Fulbright Program. He is the author of various articles, chapters, and reviews on contemporary political theory and American political thought. He is co-editor (with Wilson Carey McWilliams) of The Federalists, the Antifederalists and the American Political Tradition (1992) and editor of Interpreting Politics (1987).