Understanding politics : ideas, institutions, and issues
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stamford, Connecticut :
Cengage Learning ,
c2015
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| Edition: | 11th ed |
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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