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Power & choice : an introduction to political science / W. Phillips Shively

By: Publication details: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2003.Edition: 8th edDescription: xvii, 445 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0072476664
  • 0072535385
Other title:
  • Power and choice
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320 SHI
Contents:
Preface. - Pt. I. Introduction. - 1. Politics : setting the stage. 2. Modern ideoligies and political philosophy. - Pt. II. The state and public policy. 3. The modern state. 4. Policies of the state. 5. Political economy of the state. 6. Political choices : the problems of justice and efficiency. - Pt. III. The citizen and the regime. 7. Authority and legitimacy : the state and the citizen. 8. Democracy and its recent surge in the world. 9. Autocratic government. - Pt. IV. The apparatus of governance. 10. Constitutions and the design of government. - 11. Elections. 12. Parties : a linking and leading mechanism in politics. 13. Structured conflict : interest groups and politics. 14. National decision-making institutions : parliamentary government. 15. National decision-making institutions : presidential government. 16. Bereaucracy and the public sector. 17. Law and the courts. - Pt. V. International politics. 18. GLobal politics : politics among states (and others). - Appendix : principles of political analysis. - Glossary. - Bibliography. - Index.
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Preface. - Pt. I. Introduction. - 1. Politics : setting the stage. 2. Modern ideoligies and political philosophy. - Pt. II. The state and public policy. 3. The modern state. 4. Policies of the state. 5. Political economy of the state. 6. Political choices : the problems of justice and efficiency. - Pt. III. The citizen and the regime. 7. Authority and legitimacy : the state and the citizen. 8. Democracy and its recent surge in the world. 9. Autocratic government. - Pt. IV. The apparatus of governance. 10. Constitutions and the design of government. - 11. Elections. 12. Parties : a linking and leading mechanism in politics. 13. Structured conflict : interest groups and politics. 14. National decision-making institutions : parliamentary government. 15. National decision-making institutions : presidential government. 16. Bereaucracy and the public sector. 17. Law and the courts. - Pt. V. International politics. 18. GLobal politics : politics among states (and others). - Appendix : principles of political analysis. - Glossary. - Bibliography. - Index.