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Political Science: An Introduction, Global Edition
Michael G. Roskin | Robert L. Cord | James A. Medeiros | Walter S. Jones
(2016)
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For courses in Introduction to Political Science.
Explore the Fundamentals of Political Science
Political Science: An Introduction shows students how the fundamental tenets of political science have helped important leaders make critical decisions for centuries. The authors present a balance of theoretical abstractions and applied reasoning to help students understand how to make calm, rational choices when it comes to political manipulation.
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Title Page | 3 | ||
| Copyright Page | 4 | ||
| Brief Contents | 5 | ||
| Contents | 7 | ||
| Preface | 11 | ||
| Part I The Bases of Politics | 15 | ||
| Chapter 1 Politics and Political Science | 16 | ||
| What Is Politics? | 17 | ||
| Classic Works: Concepts and Percepts | 18 | ||
| What Is Political Science? | 22 | ||
| Classic Thought: “Never Get Angry at a Fact” | 23 | ||
| Methods: Learning a Chapter | 24 | ||
| Theory in Political Science | 29 | ||
| Theories: Models: Simplifying Reality | 33 | ||
| “Political Theory” versus Theory in Political Science | 36 | ||
| Classic Works: Not Just Europeans | 37 | ||
| Review Questions | 40 | ||
| Key Terms | 40 | ||
| Further Reference | 41 | ||
| Chapter 2 Political Ideologies | 42 | ||
| What Is Ideology? | 43 | ||
| Theories: The Origins of Ideologies | 44 | ||
| Liberalism | 45 | ||
| Conservatism | 47 | ||
| Socialism | 49 | ||
| Nationalism | 53 | ||
| Methods: Theses | 55 | ||
| Ideology in Our Day | 56 | ||
| Case Studies: Islamism: A Political Ideology Emanating from Islam | 59 | ||
| Democracy: Authoritarian Capitalism | 60 | ||
| Is Ideology Finished? | 61 | ||
| Review Questions | 61 | ||
| Key Terms | 62 | ||
| Further Reference | 62 | ||
| Chapter 3 States | 63 | ||
| Institutionalized Power | 64 | ||
| Classic Works: Aristotle’s Six Types of Government | 66 | ||
| Effective, Weak, and Failed States | 66 | ||
| Theories: Political Development in Three Stages | 67 | ||
| Unitary or Federal Systems | 68 | ||
| Methods: Sources | 69 | ||
| Case Studies: The Shaky Lives of Confederations | 71 | ||
| Electoral Systems | 75 | ||
| Case Studies: French and German Variations | 77 | ||
| States and the Economy | 78 | ||
| Review Questions | 80 | ||
| Key Terms | 81 | ||
| Further Reference | 81 | ||
| Chapter 4 Constitutions and Rights | 82 | ||
| Constitutions | 84 | ||
| The Highest Law of the Land | 85 | ||
| Case Studies: The Dangers of Changing Constitutions | 86 | ||
| Case Studies: Canada’s New Constitution | 88 | ||
| Can Constitutions Ensure Rights? | 90 | ||
| The Adaptability of the U.S. Constitution | 91 | ||
| Theories: What Is a Right? | 92 | ||
| Freedom of Expression in the United States | 93 | ||
| Methods: References | 97 | ||
| Review Questions | 98 | ||
| Key Terms | 98 | ||
| Further Reference | 98 | ||
| Chapter 5 Regimes | 100 | ||
| Representative Democracy | 102 | ||
| Democracy in Practice: Elitism or Pluralism? | 108 | ||
| Totalitarianism | 111 | ||
| Democracy: Dahl’s “Influence Terms” | 111 | ||
| Methods: Tight Writing | 114 | ||
| Democracy: Why Democracies Fail | 115 | ||
| Authoritarianism | 116 | ||
| Case Studies: Democracy in Iraq? | 118 | ||
| The Democratization of Authoritarian Regimes | 118 | ||
| Review Questions | 120 | ||
| Key Terms | 120 | ||
| Further Reference | 121 | ||
| Part II Political Attitudes | 122 | ||
| Chapter 6 Political Culture | 123 | ||
| What Is Political Culture? | 124 | ||
| Classic Works: The Civic Culture | 126 | ||
| Democracy: Civil Society | 127 | ||
| Methods: Quotations | 128 | ||
| The Decay of Political Culture | 129 | ||
| Case Studies: Soviet Political Culture and the New Russia | 130 | ||
| Elite and Mass Subcultures | 131 | ||
| Theories: Culture and Development | 132 | ||
| Minority Subcultures | 133 | ||
| Case Studies: “Yes Scotland!” versus “Better Together” | 134 | ||
| Democracy: The Three Israels | 136 | ||
| Political Socialization | 136 | ||
| Classic Works: The Authoritarian Personality | 137 | ||
| Case Studies: China Builds Unity | 138 | ||
| Review Questions | 139 | ||
| Key Terms | 140 | ||
| Further Reference | 140 | ||
| Chapter 7 Public Opinion | 141 | ||
| What Public Opinion Is and Isn’t | 142 | ||
| Democracy: A Short History of Polling | 144 | ||
| The Shape of Public Opinion | 145 | ||
| Classic Works: Almond’s Three Publics | 147 | ||
| Democracy: Opinion Curves | 151 | ||
| Public-Opinion Polls | 151 | ||
| Methods: Variables | 155 | ||
| American Opinion | 155 | ||
| Review Questions | 159 | ||
| Key Terms | 160 | ||
| Further Reference | 160 | ||
| Part III Political Interactions | 161 | ||
| Chapter 8 Political Communication | 162 | ||
| The Mass Media and Politics | 163 | ||
| Classic Works: The Two-Step Flow of Mass Communications | 164 | ||
| Democracy: The Tendency to Media Oligopoly | 167 | ||
| Social Media | 168 | ||
| Case Studies: The Media and War | 169 | ||
| The Giant: Television | 170 | ||
| Methods: Defining Variables | 172 | ||
| Theories: The Framing of News | 174 | ||
| Are We Poorly Served? | 175 | ||
| Case Studies: The Media and Watergate | 177 | ||
| The Adversaries: Media and Government | 178 | ||
| Review Questions | 180 | ||
| Key Terms | 180 | ||
| Further Reference | 180 | ||
| Chapter 9 Interest Groups | 182 | ||
| The Ubiquity of Interest Groups | 183 | ||
| Theories: Countervailing Power | 185 | ||
| Interest Groups and Government | 185 | ||
| Case Studies: French Antipluralism | 187 | ||
| Effective Interest Groups | 188 | ||
| Case Studies: Trade Unions and the Right to Strike in the U.K. | 191 | ||
| Methods: Tables | 192 | ||
| Interest Group Strategies | 193 | ||
| Classic Works: Olson’s Theory of Interest Groups | 196 | ||
| Interest Groups: An Evaluation | 197 | ||
| Review Questions | 199 | ||
| Key Terms | 199 | ||
| Further Reference | 200 | ||
| Chapter 10 Parties | 201 | ||
| Methods: Cross-Tabulations | 202 | ||
| Functions of Parties | 203 | ||
| Democracy: Parties That Ignore Voters | 206 | ||
| Parties in Democracies | 207 | ||
| Theories: What Is a “Relevant” Party? | 209 | ||
| Classic Works: Duverger’s Three Types of Parties | 210 | ||
| Classifying Political Parties | 211 | ||
| Classic Works: Kirchheimer’s “Catchall” Party | 213 | ||
| Party Systems | 213 | ||
| Democracy: Multiparty Systems Are More Fun | 214 | ||
| Theories: Sartori’s Party Competition | 217 | ||
| The Future of Parties | 218 | ||
| Review Questions | 219 | ||
| Key Terms | 219 | ||
| Further Reference | 219 | ||
| Chapter 11 Elections | 221 | ||
| Why Do People Vote? | 222 | ||
| Who Votes? | 223 | ||
| Theories: Downs’s Theory of Voting | 223 | ||
| Methods: Tendency Statements | 225 | ||
| Who Votes How? | 226 | ||
| Case Studies: Is the U.S. Electoral System Defective? | 231 | ||
| Electoral Realignment | 233 | ||
| Democracy: Partisan Polarization | 234 | ||
| What Wins Elections? | 235 | ||
| Democracy: Changing Positions | 238 | ||
| Review Questions | 239 | ||
| Key Terms | 239 | ||
| Further Reference | 239 | ||
| Part IV Political Institutions | 241 | ||
| Chapter 12 Legislatures | 242 | ||
| The Origins of Parliaments | 243 | ||
| Presidential and Parliamentary Systems | 244 | ||
| Classic Works: Where Did the U.S. System Originate? | 246 | ||
| Bicameral or Unicameral? | 249 | ||
| What Legislatures Do | 250 | ||
| Methods: Longitudinal Studies | 251 | ||
| The Decline of Legislatures | 254 | ||
| Democracy: Pork-Barrel Politics | 255 | ||
| Review Questions | 260 | ||
| Key Terms | 260 | ||
| Further Reference | 261 | ||
| Chapter 13 Executives and Bureaucracies | 262 | ||
| Presidents and Prime Ministers | 263 | ||
| Democracy: Israel’s Directly Elected Prime Ministers | 266 | ||
| Democracy: Putin’s Authoritarianism | 267 | ||
| Classic Works: Lasswell’s Psychology of Power | 268 | ||
| Executive Leadership | 268 | ||
| Democracy: An Imperial Presidency? | 269 | ||
| Methods: Graphs | 270 | ||
| Cabinets | 272 | ||
| Classic Works: American Paranoia | 274 | ||
| Bureaucracies | 274 | ||
| Classic Works: Weber’s Definition of Bureaucracies | 275 | ||
| The Trouble with Bureaucracy | 279 | ||
| Theories: Bureaucratic Politics | 280 | ||
| Review Questions | 281 | ||
| Key Terms | 281 | ||
| Further Reference | 282 | ||
| Chapter 14 Judiciaries | 283 | ||
| Types of Law | 284 | ||
| Classic Works: The Roots of Law | 286 | ||
| The Courts, the Bench, and the Bar | 287 | ||
| Case Studies: Common Law versus Code Law | 288 | ||
| Comparing Courts | 290 | ||
| Classic Works: Marbury v. Madison | 293 | ||
| The Role of the Courts | 294 | ||
| Methods: Scattergrams | 295 | ||
| The Supreme Court’s Political Role | 297 | ||
| Review Questions | 302 | ||
| Key Terms | 302 | ||
| Further Reference | 302 | ||
| Part V What Political Systems Do | 304 | ||
| Chapter 15 Political Economy | 305 | ||
| What Is Political Economy? | 306 | ||
| Case Studies: How High Are U.S. Taxes? | 308 | ||
| Government and the Economy | 308 | ||
| Methods: Maps | 312 | ||
| What Is Poverty? | 316 | ||
| Democracy: Poverty and Ideology | 317 | ||
| Case Studies: Welfare Spending versus Tax Expenditures | 319 | ||
| The Costs of Welfare | 320 | ||
| How Big Should Government Be? | 322 | ||
| Review Questions | 323 | ||
| Key Terms | 324 | ||
| Further Reference | 324 | ||
| Chapter 16 Violence and Revolution | 325 | ||
| System Breakdown | 326 | ||
| Types of Violence | 328 | ||
| Methods: Thinkpieces | 329 | ||
| Theories: Rising Expectations | 332 | ||
| Terrorism | 333 | ||
| Case Studies: Revolutionary Political Warfare in Vietnam | 334 | ||
| Revolutions | 335 | ||
| Case Studies: The Iranian Revolutionary Cycle | 337 | ||
| After the Revolution | 338 | ||
| Case Studies: Violent versus Velvet Revolutions | 340 | ||
| Review Questions | 343 | ||
| Key Terms | 343 | ||
| Further Reference | 343 | ||
| Chapter 17 International Relations | 345 | ||
| What Is International Relations? | 346 | ||
| Power and National Interest | 348 | ||
| Methods: Avoid “They” | 348 | ||
| Theories: Types of National Interest | 349 | ||
| The Importance of Economics | 350 | ||
| Why War? | 352 | ||
| Classic Works: Kennan’s Dinosaur Analogy | 354 | ||
| Keeping Peace | 355 | ||
| Beyond Sovereignty? | 357 | ||
| Democracy: The Democratic Peace | 359 | ||
| U.S. Foreign Policy: Involved or Isolated? | 359 | ||
| Theories: Klingberg’s Alternation Theory | 360 | ||
| Classic Works: Thucydides on War | 362 | ||
| Review Questions | 363 | ||
| Key Terms | 363 | ||
| Further Reference | 363 | ||
| Glossary | 365 | ||
| Index | 374 |