Power and Choice: An Introduction to Political Science

13 Rev ed
ISBN: 978-1-259-00768-2
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 639 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shively, W. Phillips

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.