{"product_id":"9781442637719","title":"The Changing Conditions of Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ.A. Corry, one of Canada's outstanding political scientists,   in the Alan B. Plaunt Lectures for 1963 has contributed a brilliant and provocative   analysis of the changed world in which politics and students of politics must   operate today. He suggests first that political studies can no longer be confined to   the frame long held adequate. The eighteenth-century view of man as essentially   rational suited an age of individualism and liberal optimism but is inadequate for   politics in our mass society: here theology has something to contribute. Political   science has in the past confined its attention to the operation of governments and   political parties but has not for this age taken enough account of the influence of   the social structure as a whole on political behaviour: here is where sociology may   speak. With this background Principal Corry talks of the difficulties of   understanding our present-day political ideas and theories hitherto usually relied   on for the purpose. He goes on to look at some aspects of the collectivist, mass   society we live in today and to consider how far these may be producing new   dimensions in political behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is abroad today a mood of   disenchantment and frustration because politics has disappointed us but ironically   this mood may endanger such recovery of control as is open to us. Effective power is   being gathered into relatively few hands. In this society where will the individual   find confidence and self-reliance and a sense of responsibility? We face a dilemma   in \"the end of ideology,\" in the slipping of convictions about what can be   achieved through politics, and this affects both governments, politicians and   individuals. Answers to the many questions about human nature and society which this   dilemma presents are not easy to find, but must be sought. The skill and power with   which Principal Corry has marshalled the questions ensure our attention and   concern.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128163614960,"sku":"9781442637719","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442637719_p0.jpg?v=1763810430","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442637719","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}