Political Thought (Oxford Readers)

Michael Rosen started writing as a teenager, when his mother needed some poems for Radio programs she was making. While at college, he wrote a play which was staged at the Royal Court theatre in London. Rosen's first book was published in 1974, and he is one of Britain's leading children's poets. Michael Rosen launched the National Year of show more Literacy project, which encouraged children to help produce an Anthology to be used during the Literacy Hour in primary schools. Children ages 4-11 were invited to submit poems and illustrations featuring their favorite tree. Rosen also led the final judging sessions to decide which submissions would be included. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Jonathan Wolff is the Blavatnik Chair in Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, UK. His books include An Introduction to Moral Philosophy (2018), The Human Right to Health (2012), Disadvantage (2007, with Avner de-Shalit), An Introduction to Political Philosophy (third edition 2016), Why Read Marx Today? (2002), and show more Robert Nozick (1991). He has been a member of the Nuffield Council of Bioethics, the Academy of Medical Science working party on Drug Futures, the Gambling Review Body, the Homicide Review Group, an external member of the Board of Science of the British Medical Association, and a Trustee of GambleAware. He writes a regular column on higher education for The Guardian. show less