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A Novel Approach to Politics : Introducing Political Science Through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture by Kenneth M. Mash and Douglas A. Van Belle (2009, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

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Students often complain that textbooks are boring, especially the door-stoppers in use for most survey courses. But theyve never had a textbook like this. Just ask adopters of the first edition who are thanking Novel Approach for some of their best student evaluations to date. Van Belle and Mash deliver the core concepts and real-world political examples you expect from an introductory book, just in a way that your students will actually have fun reading and will retain after the exam. With enlightening, yet entertaining, references ranging from 1984 to The Dark Knight, students take away more from discussions of institutions, ideology, and economics because concepts are introduced using popular culture. Revisions to the second edition, in addition to a wealth of new and recent movies and books, include new features on major political theorists and expanded stand-alone institutional chapters on the legislature and the executive. Never fear--the textbook stuff is here too--chapter summaries, bolded key terms, and discussion questions.

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CQ Press
ISBN-10
0872899993
ISBN-13
9780872899995
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Author
Kenneth M. Mash, Douglas A. Van Belle
Publication Name
Novel Approach to Politics : Introducing Political Science Through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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24.1 Oz

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Ja66.V28 2010
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
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A Novel Approach to Politics is a must-use textbook for any instructor who wishes to gain and maintain student interest in political science. Van Belle and Mash make politics come alive with their use of fictional stories and historical examples to illustrate political concepts. Students constantly comment that they find the A Novel Approach to Politics to be both engaging and enjoyable to read. Often getting students to read a textbook is like pulling teeth, with A Novel Approach to Politics , this is one dentist visit that students actually enjoy, As an instructor who struggles to animate students about the importance politics in their daily lives, this text accomplishes the almost impossible--it makes students smile and even laugh about politics. The framing of political theory in such a way that challenges students to think and to internalize ideas is a major accomplishment. As a supplementary reader it enriches and brings ideas to life while providing much needed substance to class discussions, In all of my class lectures, I frequently mention films, books, and TV shows that illustrate a point of political interest. When Van Belle and Mash first released their delightful text, I found a book to use whose 'kindred spirit' matched my approach. It is fun, funny, informative, and most importantly, it serves up politics to a generation of students who have been socialized by the entertainment media, The slightly irreverent, humorous approach of the authors went over well with my students; I appreciated the sophisticated yet accessible treatment of the philosophical roots and theoretic structure of the study of politics. It worked very well with my approach to introducing political science; using the book with films and current events facilitated dynamic and far-ranging discussion
Table of Content
Introducing the Ancient Debate: The Ideal versus the Real The Dollhouse Fiction as a Tool for Exploring Politics Utopias in Fiction and Politics Ideologies What Is Politics? What Is Political Science?Why Government? Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group Dynamics A Model for the Emergence of Cooperation: Bobsville Collective Action Security Power Anarchy The Context of Hierarchy Alliances Groups and Group IdentitiesGoverning Society: We Know Who You Are Leadership Benefits The Panopticon Collective Action, Revolution, and the Use of Force Legitimacy and Government ControlGovernment's Role in the Economy: The Offer You Can't Refuse The Tragedy of the Commons Karl Marx--Student of Capitalism? Socialism The Yin and Yang of Capitalism and SocialismStructures and Institutions: Get off your #$*%#;g Ass and Build that #$*%#;g Bike Structures or Institutions? Human Nature and Political Institutions The Reality of Political Institutions SimgovernmentEl Grande Loco Casa Blanca-The Executive (in Bad Spanish) Oh Captain, My Captain The Scorpion King on Grandpa's Farm Kings and Presidents The Democratic ExecutiveThe Confederacy of Dunces-- The Legislative (Not in Bad Spanish) A Dreary Discussion of Democratic Legislatures Intermission A Redundant Repetition of Our Theme A Tired Attempt to Make it Interesting A Dreary Bleakness in the Authoritarian GloomBrazil our Bureaucracy-Do we even need to Bother with the Jokes? Bureaucracy, It Goes To Eleven So What Is A Bureaucracy? There Be Flaws in Yonder Bureaucracy, ObviouslyCourts and Law: Politics behind the Gavel Law and Politics The Functions of Courts Trial Courts and Appellate Courts Legal Systems Jurisprudence Types of Law Constitutional CourtsNot Quite Right, but Still Good: The Democratic Ideal in Modern Politics Arrow's Theorem Democracy and the Liberal Ideal An Economic Theory of Democracy The Real versus the Ideal, AgainMedia, Politics and Government: Talking Heads are Better than None Reality and Beyond The Whole China Charade Your New Brain and the Creation of Reality News Media and Politics A Vast Conspiracy? Understanding the Distortions Is the KeyInternational Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then Causes of War Back To Anarchy World War I Was Unpleasant Realism and War Challenging the Realist ParadigmChapter 13 was Confiscated for Your Protection Political Culture: Sex & Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains it All Political Culture Applying Political CultureThe Lastest and Bestest Chapter
Copyright Date
2008
Topic
Political Process / Media & Internet, Popular Culture, General
Lccn
2009-034826
Dewey Decimal
320
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Social Science, Political Science

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