民主政治理論入門 Understanding Democratic Politics : An Introduction

Axtmann, Roland (EDT)

Sage Pubns Ltd（2003/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 352 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780761971825
• DDC分類 321.8

基本説明

Within each section a series of short and accessible chapters serve to introduce the key ideas, institutional forms and ideological conflicts central to the study of democratic politics.

Full Description

This textbook is designed for first-time students of politics. It provides an ideal introduction and survey to the key themes and issues central to the study of democratic politics today.The text is structured around three major parts: concepts, institutions and political behaviour; and ideologies and movements. Within each section a series of short and accessible chapters serve to both introduce the key ideas, institutional forms and ideological conflicts central to the study of democratic politics and provide a platform for further, in-depth studies.Each chapter contains a 'bullet-point' summary, a guide to further reading, and a set of questions for tutorial discussion. Designed and written for an undergraduate readership, Understanding Democratic Politics: An Introduction will become an essential guide and companion to all students of politics throughout their university degree.

Contents

PART ONESovereignty - Roland AxtmannConstitutionalism - Neil WalkerHuman Rights and Democracy - David BeethamJustice, Equality, Liberty - Vittorio BufacchiPower, Authority, Legitimacy - Noel O'SullivanRepresentative and Direct Democracy - Michael SawardMajoritarianism - Thomas O HueglinConsociationalismPluralism - Judith SquiresDifferenceCivil Society - Roland AxtmannNational and GlobalClass - Roland Axtmann and Robert GrantElitesPART TWO: INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOURThe Territorial State - Michael KeatingGovernment, Civil Service and Public Policies - Grant Jordan and Emma ClarenceParliaments - David ArterParties and Party Systems - Byron CriddleElections and Electoral Systems - Michael DyerInterest Groups - Wyn GrantSocial Movements - Lynn G BenniePolitical Participation - George MoyserSocial Capital - William A Maloney and Linda StevensonThe Welfare State and Democracy - Michael Lister and Daniel WincottCyber-democracy - Peter FerdinandDemocratic Citizenship in the Age of Globalization - Roland AxtmannPART THREE: IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTSLiberalism - Antonino PalumboConservatism - Arthur AugheySocialism - Terrell CarverMarxismAnarchism and Democracy - Patricia Clark and Sharif GemieNationalism - Alain DieckhoffxContemporary Right-Wing Extremism - Anders WidfeldtFeminism - Kimberly HutchingsEnvironmentalism - John BarryDemocracy and the Islamist Paradox - Abdelwahab El-AffendiCosmopolitanism - Nicholas Rengger