Understanding Politics : Ideas, Institutions, and Issues
ISBN: 9780534601522 | 0534601529
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/8/2005
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UNDERSTANDING POLITICS, the proven, best-selling introductory text for Introduction to Political Science, examines the complexities of politics and government in a way that students will find immediately fascinating. Solidly based on three fundamental premises?that politics is a pervasive force in modern society, that government is too important to be left in the hands of the few, and that in a democracy everyone has both the opportunity and the obligation to participate in public life?the text builds on these beliefs, and seeks to "educate to ... MORE
| Introduction: The Study of Politics | |
| The Idea of the Public Good: Ideologies and Isms | |
| Comparative Political Systems: Models and Theories | |
| Utopias: Model States | |
| Constitutional Democracy: Models of Representation | |
| The Authoritarian Model: Myth and Reality | |
| The Totalitarian Model: False Utopias | |
| Established and Emerging Democracies | |
| P... MORE | |
| States in Transition: Between Democracy and Yesterday | |
| Developing Countries: Democracy or Dictatorship? | |
| Politics by Civil Means: Citizens, Leaders, and Policies | |
| Political Socialization: The Making of A Citizen | |
| Political Participation: The Price of Influence | |
| Political Leadership: The Many Faces of Power | |
| Issues in Public Policy: Principles, Priorities, and Practices | |
| Politics by Violent Means: Revolution, War, and Terrorism | |
| Revolution: In the Name of Justice | |
| Terrorism: Weapon of the Weak | |
| War: Politics by Other Means | |
| Politics Without Government | |
| International Relations: The Struggle for Power | |
| International Organization(s): The Struggle for Order | |
| Glossary Acknowledgments | |
| Index | |
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