Understanding politics : ideas, institutions, and issues

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Main Author: Magstadt, Thomas M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stamford, Connecticut : Cengage Learning , c2015
Edition:11th ed
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260 |a Stamford, Connecticut :   |b Cengage Learning ,   |c c2015 
300 |a xvii, 590 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-566) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction: the study of politics -- 2. The idea of the public good: ideologies and isms -- 3. Utopias: model states -- 4. Constitutional democracy: models of representation -- 5. The authoritarian model: myth and reality -- 6. The totalitarian model: a false Utopia -- 7. Parliamentary democracy -- 8. States and economies in transition: between democracy and yesterday -- 9. Development: myths and realities -- 10. Political socialization: the making of a citizen -- 11. Political participation: the limits of democracy -- 12. Political leadership: the many faces of power -- 13. Issues in public policy: politics, principles, priorities, and practices -- 14. Revolution: In the name of justice -- 15. War: politics by other means -- 16. Terrorism: weapon of the weak -- 17. World politics: the struggle for power -- 18. International organization(s): globalization and the quest for order 
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