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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Subject Area
- Political Science
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Subject
- General
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780073403915
- Publication Name
- Power and Choice : an Introduction to Political Science
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Weight
- 1.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0073403911
ISBN-13
9780073403915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61053311
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Publication Name
Power and Choice : an Introduction to Political Science
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
1.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
11
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-038648
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
320
Table Of Content
PART ONE: THE IDEA OF POLITICS CHAPTER 1. Politics: Setting the Stage Politics Politics as the Making of Common Decisions Politics as the Exercise of Power Politics as the Exercise of Choice Power and Choice Politics of the State Political Science The Pleasures of Politics CHAPTER 2. Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy American Ideologies Liberalism The Conservative Reaction The Socialist Alternative Communism and Socialism Fascism Ideologies in the Twenty-first Century Religion, Politics, and Political Philosophy Political Philosophy in Other Historical Eras PART TWO: THE STATE AND PUBLIC POLICY CHAPTER 3. The Modern State The Development of the Modern State The Origin of States: Power or Choice? The State as a Device to Provide Collective Goods "State," "Nation," and the "Nation-State" State-Building Government and the State Challenges to the State Some Possible Alternatives Example: State Building in Nigeria Example: State Building in the European Union CHAPTER 4. Policies of the State The Role of Governments in the Third World Constraints and Conditions for Policy Defense Policy Education Research and Development Health and Social Welfare Democracy and Public Policy The Place of Power in Policy Analysis Example: The Demographic Challenge Example: Economic Development Compared with "Human Development" Example: Uganda: An African AIDS Success Story CHAPTER 5. Economic Policy and the Political Economy of the State Political Economy Economic Performance 1: Growth Economic Performance 2: Controlling Inflation and Unemployment Managing Distribution to Address inequality Independent Central Banks Corruption Other Measures Available to Government Globalization: Are States Losing their Ability to Make Economic Policy? Example: Economic Policy in Germany Example: Economic Policy in Indonesia CHAPTER 6. What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and Efficiency The Problem of Justice Other Aspects of Justice: Procedural Justice Effectiveness A Basic Question of Effectives: Authority Versus the Market The Need to Act, Even Under Uncertainty Example: Political Choice PART THREE: THE CITIZEN AND THE REGIME CHAPTER 7. Democracy and Autocracy Democracy The Coming and Going of Democracy Possible Explanations What Did We Learn From the Third Wave? Why Are Prosperous Countries Likely to Be Democracies? Democracy and Freedom Democracy and Capitalism Autocracy Military Government Why Aren't There More Military Governments? One-Party States Monarchies and Theocracies Democracy Versus Autocracy: Material Considerations "Power and Choice" Again Example: Democratization in Spain Example: Fragile Democracy in Peru Example: Theocracy in Iran CHAPTER 8. How Individuals Relate to the State, and the State to the Individual Legitimacy and Authority Sources of Legitimacy The "Democratic Citizen" How Well are These Requirements Met? Social Capital Political Culture An Application of Political Culture: Robert Kagan's Of Paradise and Power Religion and Politics Political Socialization Example: Building Authority and Legitimacy in West Germany After World War II Example: Declining Democratic legitimacy in the United States PART FOUR: THE APPARATUS OF GOVERNANCE CHAPTER 9. Constitutions and the Design of Government Variations in Formality The Virtue of Vagueness Other Principles of Constitutional Design Constitution-Writing The Geographic Concentration of Power "Federal" and "Unitary" States The Distinction Between "Unitary" and &
Synopsis
This general, comparative introduction to the major concepts and themes of political science engages students with concrete analytical examples without overwhelming them with excessive detail. In this extensively revised eleventh edition, W. Phillips Shively surpasses the high standards he set in prior editions, bringing political science conceptually alive as never before.
LC Classification Number
JA66.S47 2008
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