Reviews for State, bureaucracy, and civil society

The average rating for State, bureaucracy, and civil society based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-01-30 00:00:00 Natalie Downerson Actually, I guess I didn't really read this book all the way through, but I read enough to learn it's totally lacking. My goal is to learn more about the history of science, so I picked this book up at the library in the school in which I teach. It's more like an encyclopedia, but still I figured it was a decent starting place for my personal learning goal. Except... ...well, when looking at the biography section, Bohr isn't even mentioned, and Rutherford is practically a footnote. Oh, and I'm not even kidding when I say that Einstein isn't mentioned in the biography section either. Now, obviously if my goal is to learn more about science history then I'm not an expert in the field. But I do know enough to understand that this book has no true scope. I'm going to try elsewhere.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-06-01 00:00:00 George Trout Although a legendary figure in his native Mexico, Rius, the pen name for the writer, political cartoonist and communist intellectual Eduardo del Río García, is not well known in the United States (or probably Europe, either). Despite the title, at least a little political savvy is necessary to fully understand Marx for Beginners. However, Rius provides a beautifully enjoyable (and quite funny) journey detailing the beginnings of the many threads of political theory that eventually influenced Karl Marx and/or his sidekick Frederich Engels. But the best part of the slender book has to be Rius' cartoons and vintage illustrations. So highly recommended! Marx for Beginners is the first of Rius' book that I've read, but it won't be the last. I've bought Diccionario de la estupidez humana (The Dictionary of Human Stupidity), Hitler Para Masoquistas (no translation needed) and Los Agachados (The Submissive), all of them in Spanish. So I'll be entertained and improve my Spanish! A win-win!