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"My Journey in Politics: Practical Lessons in Leadership shares the author's journey in Singapore politics from 1991 to 2011. Tracing what he and different groups of people he worked with across the government ministries and agencies, grassroots organisations and charitable groups — both volunteers and staff — did together to make Singapore a better and safer place, it also shares his leadership style in action."--Publisher's website

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Endorsements -- Copyright Page -- Full Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- About the author -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: What Do We Mean by Office Politics? -- CHAPTER 2: So Do You Want The Good News or The Bad News? -- Politics are inevitable and inescapable -- Politics exist on a spectrum -- Identifying political pathology -- Being good at politics is critical for your career success -- CHAPTER 3: Political and Power Players -- Four types of political players -- Different types of power -- Developing a power grid for your environment -- In conclusion -- Exercise: How much power do you have? -- CHAPTER 4: How to Become Better at Office Politics -- Political Skill Self-assessment -- Interpersonal influence -- Understanding relationship types -- Managing stakeholders -- Exercise: Getting the support and allies you need47 -- Social awareness -- Understanding the leverage equation -- Exercise: How much leverage do you have? -- Keeping things Win/Win -- Managing the perceptions others have of you -- Exercise: The Brand called You -- Development Activities identified by CCL -- Networking -- Exercise: Audit your network and networking style -- Development Activities identified by CCL -- Sincerity -- Apologising - properly - when it is called for -- Development Activities identified by CCL -- In conclusion -- CHAPTER 5: A Few Political Mistakes You ReallyShould Avoid -- Mistake #1: Becoming The Problem -- Self-assessment: How good are you at self-management? -- Mistake #2: Getting the leverage equation wrong -- Underestimating your leverage -- Overestimating your leverage -- Mistake #3: Being one person's person -- Mistake #4: Failing to (even try to) convert adversariesto allies -- Mistake #5: Making unnecessary adversaries or foes -- Mistake #6: Not accepting or understanding the realityof organisations.

Intro -- POLITICAL THEORY AND PARTISAN POLITICS -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: Political Theory and the Constitutional Foundations of Partisan Politics -- 1. Political Theorists on the Legitimacy of Partisan Politics -- 2. Political Theory and Constitutional Construction -- 3. Constitutional Doctrine and Political Theory -- PART II: Theoretical Deliberation and Partisan Politics -- 4. Rationality in Liberal Politics -- 5. Deliberative Democracy and the Limits of Partisan Politics: Between Athens and Philadelphia -- 6. Working in Half-Truth: Some Premodern Reflections on Discourse Ethics in Politics -- PART III: Political Theory as Politics -- 7. Secularism, Partisanship and the Ambiguity of Justice -- 8. Political Theory and the Postmodern Politics of Ambiguity -- 9. Political Theory as Metapractice -- EPILOGUE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X.

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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Material -- Preface -- The structure of the book -- What is new to the third edition? -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Russia: Continuity and Change -- 1: Studying Russian Government and Politics -- Why we study Russia -- Russia as a country -- Location, size, and geopolitics -- Regional power -- Military power -- Economic and energy power -- Cultural hub -- A multiethnic state -- Russia and the world -- How we study Russia -- Official reports -- Documents, letters, and communiqués -- Intelligence reports -- Memoirs and eyewitness sources -- Media reports -- Surveys -- Views of Russia and its politics -- On facts and theory in studying Russia -- Domestic politics and views of Russia -- Critical thinking in studying Russia -- Emotions and judgments -- Differences in perception -- Multiple causes of events -- Political pressure -- Conclusion -- 2: The Roots: The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union -- Early Russian states -- Mongol rule -- The strengthening of Moscow -- Russia as an empire -- Reforms of Peter the Great -- Becoming a major power -- The reforms of the 1860s-70s -- The revolutions -- The revolution of 1905-07 -- The revolutions of 1917 -- The events of February 1917 -- The events of October and November 1917 -- The development of the Soviet state -- The civil war -- Industrialization -- Agricultural policies -- Government bureaucracy -- Foreign policy -- Political repression -- Political mobilization -- Josef Stalin (1878-1953) -- World War II -- The Soviet Union during the Cold War -- The postwar reconstruction -- The thaw -- The stagnation period -- Critical thinking about Russia's history -- The imperial-moralistic tradition -- The critical-liberal tradition -- The "unique experience" models -- The old and new Sovietologists -- Conclusion -- 3: The Soviet Transformation, 1985-91.

"Aimed at politics students in their final year of secondary education or beginning their degrees, this immensely readable book is the ideal introduction to studying politics. Doing Politics is a detailed guide to both the study and the activity of politics which explores why we study politics, what is involved in a politics degree, and the skills and mindset that are needed to tackle the subject. - Key questions are answered, including: - Just what is politics and how does it affect us? - Why does politics, and politicians, get a bad press? - How do we study non-traditional forms of politics? Assuming no prior knowledge, this lively and engaging guide is the perfect introduction to what is actually involved in the academic study of politics"--