Welcome to Steve Tansey's Website
Newish features are pages offering my house for sale, Remembering the life of Sue Tansey and one on FREE ATTRACTIONS in DORSET.
There is a page devoted to the Poole University of the Third Age Philosophy Groups.
Another page discusses my current work in progress: a book on Ethics and Politics in a Secular Age provisionally entitled What Should We Do?.
Also covered are my textbooks:
For courses on Politics and Philosophy available in the Poole area and a record of current and previous courses and lectures I have taught see under COURSE & LECTURES .
Suggestions for further features would be appreciated - see feedback page.
Who is Steve Tansey?
The principal author of Politics: the Basics and Business, IT and Society is now retired and resident in Poole, Dorset, England.
For most of my academic career I taught Politics at Bournemouth University and its predecessors - Bournemouth College of Technology, Dorset Institute of Higher Education and Bournemouth Polytechnic. Before that I lectured at the University of Ife, Nigeria - now known as Obafemi Awolowo University - for three years. I have also held part-time or temporary Politics posts at the University of Exeter, the Open University and the WEA. Currently I co-ordinate a Philosophy Group and from time to time teach Politics and Philosophy courses at the University of the Third Age. In addition I have taught Information Technology, Business Studies, Sociology and Liberal Studies!
Somehow I have accumulated degrees in Government (BA Exeter); Politics and Sociology (M.Sc. Birkbeck College, London University); Information Systems and Technology (M.Sc. City University, London) and Management (M. Phil. Bath University of Technology). Therefore I should be knowledgeable, if not wise! Other people have accumulated more degrees - Robert Mugabe apparently has six earned degrees: he too is not necessarily wise.
The best thing I ever did was to marry Susan Rider, to whom I was married for 52 years. There is a page on this site remembering her mainly in the words of her children and friends. (In life she modestly vetoed any mention of her on this site - but now I am responding to a request from my children that she should figure on the web).
If any of this strikes a nostalgic note, or if you have queries about the books, please feel free to get in touch.
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The newest page on the site offers my house in Canford Cliifs, Poole, Dorset for sale once more following the withdrawal of a purchaser. It is a unique Arts & Crafts seaside villa of immense charm and character.
A newish page commemorates the life of Sue Tansey. A fairly recent page is about Free Attractions in Dorset. Please let me have any suggestion for further content. |
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Book In Progress |
19th Sep 2012 |
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One page on the site deals with the book I am working on at present. This is a book on ethics and politics in a secular age provisionally entitled What Should We Do? (Apologies to Tolstoy!) Your comments would be very welcome! |
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U3A Poole Philosophy Classes |
18th Dec 2018 |
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Details of U3A Poole Philosophy classes in early 2019 are now on the site. Minor amendments have been made since first posted. Please check you have the latest version. |
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Turkish Edition to be Published |
8th Feb 2018 |
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A Turkish Edition of Politics the Basics (5th. ed.) is to be published by Utopya Yayinevi. |
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A Portuguese translation of Politics: the Basics has now been published in Brazil as Polίtica, Editora Saraiva, Sao Paulo, 1st Brazilian ed., 2016.
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The Fifth Edition of Politics: the Basics was published by Routledge in September 2014.
Nigel has updated the book and has made some interesting innovations.
If you run a class which might use the book, let us know using the feedback button on this site and we will arrange to send you a free inspection copy. |
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The fourth edition of Politics: the Basics has been published in Arabic by the Arab Network for Publishing and Research based in Beirut, Lebanon. |
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Politics: The Basics, 4th Edition is to be translated by Jiangsu People's Publishing Ltd into Chinese (simplified) for distribution in Mainland China. |
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Conservative MP Steve Baker puts Politics: the Basics first on his recommended reading list for newcomers to the Conservative Candidates List.
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"Politics, Political Theory, Political Philosophy" Thinking Philosophy (U3A Philosophy Network), Summer 2010, 11-14 |
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