Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science - Brossura

Shively, W. Phillips

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ISBN 10: 1259007685 ISBN 13: 9781259007682

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia, 2011

Riassunto

Power and Choice, Thirteenth Edition is a comparative, conceptual introduction to political science which involves students in the dramatic and interesting variety of politics around the world; students clearly are the audience of this text. The theme of "power and choice," based on a definition of politics as the making of collective choices for a group or state through the use of power, runs through much of the text. The text is organized topically, rather than by county-by-country, and provides in-depth examples at the conclusion of most chapters.

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L'autore

W. PHILLIPS SHIVELY is Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, where he moved in 1971 after teaching at the University of Oregon and Yale University. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the University of Oslo in Norway. His research, which has appeared in numerous articles, deals with the comparative study of elections, and he has written The Craft of Political Research, an introduction to research techniques. He has also had practical political experience as a lobbyist in Minnesota. His true love is bird-watching.

Contenuti

Part I - The Idea of Politics

Chapter 1: Politics: Setting the Stage

Chapter 2: Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

Part II - The State and Public Policy

Chapter 3: The Modern State

Chapter 4: Policies of the State

Chapter 5: Economic Policy of the State

Chapter 6: What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and Effectiveness

Part III -The Citizen and the Regime

Chapter 7: Democracies and Authoritarian Systems

Chapter 8: Poitical Culture and Political

Part IV - The Apparatus of Governance

Chapter 9: Constitutions and the Design of Government

Chapter 10: Elections

Chapter 11: Parties: A Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics

Chapter 12: Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics

Chapter 13: Social Movements and Contentious Politics Why Now?

Chapter 14: National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government

Chapter 15: National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government

Chapter 16: Bureaucracy and the Public Sector

Chapter 17: Law and the Courts

Chapter 18: Global Politics: Politics among States (and Others)

Appendix

Principles of Political Analysis

Falsifiability

Glossary

Index

EXAMPLES AND BOXED FEATURES

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1259007685
• ISBN 13: 9781259007682
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile