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- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781483368498
- Book Title
- Novel Approach to Politics; Introducing Political Science Through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture
- Publisher
- CQ Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Edition
- 4
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Political Process / Media & Internet, General, Popular Culture
- Item Width
- 7.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 536 Pages
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This book continues to introduce students to politics through captivating examples taken from popular culture, and this Fourth Edition has been brought fully up to date with recent events, elections, current policy debates and international happenings.
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Publisher
CQ Press
ISBN-10
1483368491
ISBN-13
9781483368498
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204174435
Product Key Features
Edition
4
Book Title
Novel Approach to Politics; Introducing Political Science Through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture
Number of Pages
536 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Political Process / Media & Internet, General, Popular Culture
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
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A Novel Approach to Politics' major strength is its readability. Students enjoy its irreverent approach as well as the references to various films, TV shoes, and novels. The important theories are clearly presented in a format that most students can grasp reading on their own.
Lccn
2015-023734
Number of Volumes
00 Vols.
Dewey Decimal
320
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Lc Classification Number
Ja66
Table of Content
Chapter 1: 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?Chapter 2: 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 IdentitiesChapter 3: Governing Society: We Know Who You Are Leadership Benefits The Panopticon Collective Action, Revolution, and the Use of Force Legitimacy and Government Control Chapter 4: Governments Role in the Economy: The Offer You Cant Refuse The Tragedy of the Commons Karl Marx-Student of Capitalism? Socialism The Yin and Yang of Capitalism and SocialismChapter 5: Structures and Institutions Structures or Institutions? Human Nature and Political Institutions The Reality of Political Institutions SimGovernmentChapter 6: El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive (in Bad Spanish) Oh Captain, My Captain The Scorpion King on Grandpas Farm Kings and Presidents The Democratic ExecutiveChapter 7: The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative Function (Not in Bad Spanish) Boring History Stuff A Dreary Discussion of Democratic Legislatures A Redundant Repetition of the Theme: Contrasting Legislatures in Parliamentary and Presidential Systems A Tired Attempt to Make Coalition Politics Interesting with a Lame Example A Dreary Bleakness in the Authoritarian Gloom: They Endure Legislative Institutions, TooChapter 8: Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother with the Jokes? Bureaucracy, It Goes to Eleven So, What is a Bureaucracy? There Be Flaws in Yonder Bureaucracy, ObviouslyChapter 9: Courts and Law: Politics behind the Gavel, Obviously, but Whats under the Gown? Law and Politics The Functions of Courts Trial and Appellate Courts Legal Systems Jurisprudence Types of Law Constitutional ReviewChapter 10: Not 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, AgainChapter 11: Media, 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 KeyChapter 12: International Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then Causes of War Back to Anarchy World War I Was Unpleasant Realism and War Challenging the Realist ParadigmChapter 13: Chapter 13 Was Confiscated for Your ProtectionChapter 14: Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains It All Political Culture Applying Political Culture Back to the Question of _What Is Culture?_Chapter 15: The Lastest and Bestest Chapter: The Study of Politics Here_s Where the Story Ends The Study of Politics The Applied Subfields Conclusion
Copyright Date
2016
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