Title:
Playing politics : the nightmare continues
Author:
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Date:
1997
ISBN:
019285321X
Description:
(Book blurb)
Do you like getting your own way, making money, cheating your friends, reneging on your promises? A born politician, you will revel in playing Michael Laver's entertaining games based on the double-dealing of real-life politics. Michael Laver, a leading political scientist, has designed the games to be simple to play and at the same time revealing of the political process. They are ideal for budding politicians, politics students, and all those who enjoy games involving strategy and bargaining.
By playing Agenda, Coalitions, and even three-sided soccer, you can fight elections, overthrow governments, and make deals, all in the interests of winning or holding on to power. Whether you are securing public funding to support your particular project or coming out top in the opinion polls, anyone can have fun with the games, and by playing politics get a feel for the fascinating complexity of the real thing.