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Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science with Powerweb; MP

by: Shively, W. Phillips

Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science with Powerweb; MP

by: Shively, W. Phillips

ISBN 13:
9780072535389
ISBN 10:
0072535385
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/03/2002
Publisher: MCG
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Summary

As a concise introduction to politics, Power and Choice has a comparative perspective, analyzing governmental structures around the world. The text includes country studies, a glossary, and web links to sites on the Internet for each chapter and access to PowerWeb for Political Science.

Preface

PART I INTRODUCTION

Politics: Setting the Stage

(16)

Politics

(1)

Politics as the Making of Common Decisions

(1)

Politics as the Exercise of Power

(1)

Implicit and Manifest Power

(3)

Politics and Power

(1)

Power and Choice

(3)

Politics of the State

(1)

Political Science

(2)

The Pleasures of Politics

(3)

Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

(22)

American Ideologies

(2)

Liberalism

(3)

The Conservative Reaction

(3)

The Socialist Alternative

(4)

Communism and Socialism

(1)

Fascism

(1)

The Great Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century

(2)

Political Philosophy in Other Historical Eras

(6)

PART II THE STATE AND PUBLIC POLICY

The Modem State

(30)

The Development of the Modern State

(3)

The Origin of States

(1)

``State,'' ``Nation,'' and the ``Nation-State''

(5)

Government and the State

(3)

Challenges to the State

(2)

Are States Losing Their Ability to Make Economic Policy?

(2)

Some Possible Alternatives

(2)

The West, the East, and the South

(10)

Example: State Building in Nigeria

(2)

Example: State Building in the European Union

(6)

Policies of the State

(24)

What do Governments do?

(3)

Defense Policy

(2)

Education

(1)

Research and Development

(2)

Health and Social Welfare

(3)

Democracy and Public Policy

(1)

The Place of Power in Policy Analysis

(9)

Example: Norway's Program to Encourage Norwegian-Language Publications

(1)

Example: Economic Development Compared With ``Human Development''

(2)

Example: Effectiveness of Educational Policies

(5)

Political Economy of the State

(31)

Political Economy

(1)

Economic Policy I: Economic Growth

(6)

Economic Policy II: Controlling Inflation and Unemployment

102

(4)

Economic Policy III: Managing Distribution to Address Inequality

106

(2)

Independent Central Banks

108

(3)

Corruption

111

(4)

Conclusion

115

(10)

Example: Political Economy of Germany

116

(3)

Example: Political Economy of Indonesia

119

(6)

Political Choices: The Problems of Justice and Efficiency

125

(21)

The Problem of Justice

125

(3)

Other Aspects of Justice: Procedural Justice

128

(3)

Efficiency

131

(3)

Modes of Decision: Incremental Versus Radical

134

(1)

Modes of Decision: Authority Versus. The Market

135

(6)

Conclusion

141

(5)

Example: Political Choice

141

(5)

PART III THE CITIZEN AND THE REGIME

Authority and Legitimacy: the State and the Citizen

146

(23)

Legitimacy and Authority

148

(1)

Sources of Legitimacy

148

(3)

The ``Democratic Citizen''

151

(2)

How well are These Requirements Met?

153

(4)

Social Capital

157

(1)

Political Culture

158

(2)

Political Socialization

160

(9)

Example: Building Authority and Legitimacy in West Germany After World War II

162

(3)

Example: Declining Democratic Legitimacy in the United States

165

(4)

Democracy and its Recent Surge in the World

169

(17)

The Wave of Democratization in the 1980s and 1990s

170

(1)

Possible Explanations

171

(1)

The End of History?

172

(2)

What Have we Learned?

174

(12)

Example: Democratization in Spain

179

(1)

Example: Fragile Democratization in Peru

180

(6)

Autocratic Government

186

(18)

Military Government

188

(3)

Why Aren't There More Military Governments?

191

(1)

One-Party States

192

(2)

``Court'' Politics

194

(1)

``Power and Choice'' Again

195

(1)

Conclusion

195

(9)

Example: Civilian Participation in Nigeria's First Military Regime

196

(1)

Example: ``Court'' Politics in Nazi Germany

197

(7)

PART IV THE APPARATUS OF GOVERNANCE

Constitutions and the Design of Government

204

(19)

Variations in Formality

205

(1)

The Virtue of Vagueness

205

(1)

Other Principles of Constitutional Design

206

(4)

The Geographic Concentration of Power

210

(1)

``Federal'' And ``Unitary'' States

211

(2)

The Distinction Between ``Unitary'' and ``Centralized'' States

213

(2)

How Much Centralization is Good?

215

(1)

``Constitutionalism''

215

(8)

Example: Constitutional Government in Great Britain

217

(3)

Example: Constitutional Government in Russia

220

(3)

Elections

223

(21)

Elections as a Means of Building Support

223

(4)

Elections as a Means of Selecting Leaders and Policies

227

(1)

Electoral Systems

227

(5)

Referendums

232

(1)

Electoral Participation

232

(2)

The Paradox of Participation

234

(2)

The Bases of Individuals' Electoral Choices

236

(8)

Example: Proportional Representation Elections in Israel

239

(2)

Example: Elections in Nigeria

241

(3)

Parties: A Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics

244

(24)

The Political Party

244

(1)

Origins of the Modern Party

245

(1)

Political Parties and the Mobilization of the Masses

246

(1)

Political Parties and the Recruitment and Socialization of Leaders

247

(2)

Political Parties as a Source of Political Identity

249

(3)

Political Parties as a Channel of Control

252

(1)

Party Organization

253

(1)

Party Finance

254

(1)

Political Party Systems

255

(5)

Conclusion

260

(8)

Example: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1917-1991)

261

(2)

Example: Mexico's Dominant Party System

263

(5)

Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics

268

(28)

Interest Groups and Representation

270

(6)

Types of Interest Groups

276

(2)

Tactics of Interest Groups

278

(5)

Social Movements

283

(1)

Patterns of Organized Interest group Activity

284

(1)

Pluralism

285

(1)

Neocorporatism

286

(2)

Power and Choice

288

(8)

Example: Interest Groups in France

288

(3)

Example: Interest Groups in Japan: Attenuated Neocorporatism

291

(5)

National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government

296

(20)

Cabinet Control

298

(1)

What Does a Parliament do?

299

(3)

The Life of a Member of Parliament

302

(1)

Parliamentary Committees

303

(2)

Exceptions to Parliamentary Supremacy

305

(1)

Parliaments in Autocratic Systems

305

(1)

Conclusion

306

(10)

Example: Parliamentary Government in India

307

(4)

Example: Parliamentary Government in Germany

311

(5)

National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government

316

(22)

Presidential and Parliamentary Systems Compared

318

(1)

Responsibility for Policy

319

(1)

Presidential Systems and Comprehensive Policy

320

(1)

Recruitment of Executive Leaders

320

(2)

Review and Control of the Executive

322

(1)

The Split Executive of Parliamentary Systems

323

(2)

Why Aren't All Democracies Parliamentary Systems?

325

(1)

Constitutional Review and the Fragmentation of Power

326

(3)

A Note on Constitutions and Power

329

(9)

Example: Presidential Government in France

331

(3)

Example: Presidential Government in Mexico

334

(4)

Bureaucracy and the Public Sector

338

(17)

Public Administration as a Political Problem

339

(2)

Characteristics of Good Public Administration

341

(1)

``Bureaucracy'': A Reform of the Nineteenth Century

342

(1)

Bureaucracy Versus Flexibility

343

(1)

The Problem of Protected Incompetence

344

(1)

Adjustments to Bureaucracy

345

(2)

Social Representativeness of Public Administration

347

(1)

Conclusion

348

(7)

Example: The French Bureaucracy

349

(1)

Example: The Saudi Arabian Bureaucracy

350

(2)

Example: Battling the Bureaucracy in Brazil

352

(3)

Law and the Courts

355

(17)

Anglo-Saxon Case Law

355

(1)

Continental European Code Law

356

(2)

Religious Law: the Sharia

358

(2)

The Blending of Case Law and Code Law

360

(1)

Courts

361

(2)

Conclusion

363

(9)

Example: The Law in China

363

(3)

Example: The European Court of Justice

366

(6)

PART V INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Global Politics: Politics Among States (and Others)

372

(29)

The Evolution of the International System Since World War II

372

(2)

The New World Order

374

(7)

International Politics

381

(1)

The Absence of Central Authority

382

(1)

Fiduciary Political Roles and International Morality

383

(2)

Impediments to International Communication

385

(1)

Power and International Politics

385

(3)

The Process of International Politics

388

(4)

Power and Choice in International Politics

392

(1)

Conclusion

393

(6)

Example: A Failure of the New Order: Ethnic Conflict in Rwanda

394

(3)

Example: The United Nations

397

(2)

A Personal Note

399

(2)

Appendix: Principles of Political Analysis

401

(8)

Falsifiability

401

(1)

What Makes a Statement Interesting?

402

(1)

Causation and Explanation

403

(2)

Historical Explanation

405

(1)

A Few Common Pitfalls in Analysis

406

(3)

Glossary

409

(10)

Bibliography

419

(20)

Index

439

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