Download or read book Understand Political Philosophy: A Teach Yourself Guide written by Mel Thompson and published by McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to political philosophy presents the most prominent systems and the views of the leading thinkers on the social contract, equality, freedom, civil rights, justice, law, gender, international relations, war, and terrorism.