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Politics for Beginners

Series: For Beginners
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Politics for Beginners by Louie Stowell, Rosie Hore, and Alex Frith is an engaging and accessible guide that introduces children to the world of politics. It explains complex concepts like governments, elections, and political ideologies in a simple and relatable manner, making it perfect for young readers eager to understand the world around them. The book uses colourful illustrations and clear explanations to demystify political processes and encourage informed citizenship.
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An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations. Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links to specially selected websites with more information.

Highly illustrated fun and easy-to-read guide to politics in the modern world.

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Politics for Beginners by Louie Stowell, Rosie Hore, and Alex Frith is a highly illustrated, fun, and easy-to-read guide to politics in the modern world. This informative book covers political systems, elections, voting, government, and current issues, including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech, and fake news. The explanations are presented with clear text and bright, infographic-style illustrations.

The book includes tips on how to argue and debate, alongside a glossary and links to specially selected websites for more in-depth information. It has been praised for its ability to clearly explain the basic principles of decision-making and political representation: "Clearly explains the basic principles of decision-making and political representation." — The Guardian.

A brilliant resource for all ages, Politics for Beginners explores the big issues in the political world today and political systems throughout history. As described by Just Imagine, it's "An exciting and informative book helping children understand everyday politics." Hive selected it as Children's Book of the Month, and it was featured as a Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week and won the Junior Design Awards.

Chapters in this book include:

What is politics?
Who's in charge?
What is a government? Explore how societies have run themselves from Ancient Athens and Rome, to China, Europe, and the Birth of the United States of America.

Political systems: How does democracy actually work? How do countries get things done? And what about the alternatives—dictatorship, communism, and even total anarchy?

Elections and voting: Who can vote? Who can't? And is there a way to count all the votes that's fair to everyone?

Political change: How can people influence their governments in between elections—or in countries where elections don't happen at all?

Political ideologies: What are the big ideas that politicians use to decide how to run a country? What's the difference between 'left' and 'right' in politics, and why does it matter? How can you work out where you are on the political spectrum?

Big questions: Sometimes what matters most isn't who is in charge, or what they stand for, but what they're actually going to do to fix the world's problems...
- Is there such a thing as 'human rights'?
- Can war ever be justified?
- Why are some countries poor?
- What is terrorism?
- What is prison for?
- What is freedom of speech?
- How does the media affect politics?
- What is immigration?
- Am I a feminist?
- Who's responsible for the planet?
- Is corruption inevitable?

The book also includes sections on how to argue, learn to debate, and contemplate what comes next for budding politicians.

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    Politics for Beginners by Louie Stowell, Rosie Hore, and Alex Frith is a highly illustrated, fun, and easy-to-read guide to politics in the modern world. This informative book covers political systems, elections, voting, government, and current issues, including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech, and fake news. The explanations are presented with clear text and bright, infographic-style illustrations. The book...
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Politics for Beginners is praised for its clear explanation of decision-making and political representation. It's seen as a brilliant resource that explores contemporary political issues and historical political systems, proving accessible and informative. The book excels at making politics understandable for children, making it essential reading for those nine and above, and a valuable tool for adults addressing complex topics with youngsters.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474922524

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 February 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Kellan Stover

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 510g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Rosie Hore (Author)
Rosie studied Politics and International Relations at university and then went on to write books for Usborne. She now works at the Royal Academy of Arts, editing books about art (which often end up being about politics too).

Alex Frith (Author)
Alex Frith has been writing Usborne books since 2005. His diverse output covers such titles as 'See inside Your Head', 'Stories of Thor' and 'Politics for Beginners'. He has spoken at multiple festivals about his book '100 Things to Know About Space'. Alex can be found in London.

Louie Stowell (Author)
Louie Stowell has written dozens of non-fiction and story titles for Usborne, on everything from space science and coding to the human body and, now, politics. She is now Editorial Director at Ladybird, Penguin Random House and is currently working on four children's fantasy novels.

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Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.