This is the third edition of Hoffman and Graham, Introduction to Political Theory.
The first and second editions were published by Pearson Longman in 2006 and
2009 respectively. The book has established itself as a major text in many universities
across the world and we have taken into account the valuable responses we have
received. It is often argued that the rise of the Internet and 24-hour television with
multiple channels has reduced the attention span of university students. This has
not been our experience. Many students are keen to invest time in working through
difficult texts and sometimes complex arguments.