Understanding politics : ideas, institutions, and issues

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magstadt, Thomas M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stamford, Connecticut : Cengage Learning , c2015
Edition:11th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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