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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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.
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
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