Reddit reviews The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Source: pages 118-119 of this book

http://www.amazon.com/The-Politics-Book-DK-Publishing/dp/1465402144/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376765200&sr=8-1&keywords=the+politics+book

You could look at something like the DK Politics Book for an overview of a lot of different concepts and problems within politics. It's in the style of an encyclopaedia, which means it's pretty neutral.

There's a a DK book titled "The Politics Book". It briefly goes over a vast array of political figures and their key "political idea", so to speak. Its not particularly detailed/comprehensive about the ideas it covers, but it does give a solid introduction to the key concepts of said ideas. For example, there are sections on Confucius, Karl Marx, St. Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Sun Tzu, Vladimir Lenin, Rosa Luxembourg, Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Friedrich Nietzsche, James Madison, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Eduard Bernstein, etc. It covers many different political thinkers over 2500 years of human history. Its a great place to start if you're interested in figuring out your political identity.

Wikipedia is also a great place to read, as well. There are thousands of pages on different political ideologies, figures, and parties.

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Edit: Its a little expensive, but worth the price of admission. https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Book-Ideas-Simply-Explained/dp/1465402144

For an academic competition, I had to study the different political views throughout history and I read the coolest book. There is another covering the philosophy as well. They are called the politics book and the philosophy book, respectively. There is even an economics version. Here is the politics one. http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Book-Ideas-Simply-Explained/dp/1465402144

Haven't read it myself, but I think this book would fit the bill.