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This book enables students to see how the subfields of political science converge around a set of crucial questions: can we as citizens and students articulate and defend a view of the good political life and its guiding political values? Can we bring political wisdom to bear on judgments about politics and public issues? Can we develop a science of politics to help us understand significant political phenomena-the empirical realities of politics? The book equips students with the tools they need to explore the impact of philosophy and ideology, to recognize major forms of government, to evaluate empirical findings, and to understand how policy issues directly affect people's lives. This Fifth Edition includes a brand new chapter on American Politics and Government and updated content on recent international events throughout.
Contents
Part IChapter 1: Games Politicians PlayThe Game of PoliticsWipeout: The Politics of DestructionLion and Fox: The Politics of the Nation-StateCivil Disobedience: The Politics of MoralityConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary of TermsChapter 2: Politics and ChoiceFive Important ThemesSocrates and the Moral Life: Political Obligation in Ancient AthensMadison, the New Republic, and Federal Theory: The Struggle for Creative Breakthrough in Modern PoliticsThe German Citizen and the Nazi Regime: Can Modern Citizens Bear the Burden of Freedom?John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Perils of Choice in the Nuclear AgeThe Decision to Invade Iraq: The Perils of Inaccurate Information and Faulty AssumptionsConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary of TermsChapter 3: Political Science: Components and ControversiesThe Basic Structure of Political ScienceThe Three Major Components of Political ScienceThe Four Major Tasks of Political ScienceContinuing Controversies in Political ScienceConclusionSuggested ReadingGlossary TermsChapter 4: The Physical, Social, and Cultural Envirionment of PoliticsPropositions and ChallengesThe Physical World We Live InThe Biological, Physiological, Psychological, and Social Creatures We AreThe Social Communities We Have BuiltThe Cultural Universe We Have CreatedConclusionSuggested ReadingGlossary TermsPart II: Political Philosophy and IdeologyChapter 5: The Quest for the Good Political LifeClassical Greek Thought: The Search for Political ExcellenceChristianity and the Good Political LifeThe Renaissance: Niccolo Machiavelli and the Quest for a Virtuous Republic Modern Political ThoughtContemporary Political PhilosophyConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 6: Liberal DemocracyToward a Definition of Liberal DemocracyThe Ideals of Liberal DemocracyThe Sources of Liberal DemocracyLiberalism, Capitalism, and DemocracyVariations on the Liberal Democratic ThemeAn Assessment of Liberal DemocracyConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 7: Democratic Socialism and Communism: Ideologies of the LeftDemocratic SocialismThe Sources of Democratic SocialismDemocratic Socialism as Political Ideology: Pro and ConCommunismThe Sources of CommunismCommunism as a Political Ideology and Philosophy: Pro and ConThe Recent Past and Future of Democratic Socialism and CommunismConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsPart III: American, Comparative and World PoliticsChapter 8: Key Dilemmas: Political Form, Culture and ValuesSome Key Terms DefinedPatterns For Cooperation, Accommodation, and Conflict ResolutionDemocratic ConstitutionalismConstitutional FeaturesThe Values of Nations as Political ActorsPopular ValuesConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary of TermsChapter 9: American Politics and GovernmentAmerican Political CultureAmerican Political InstitutionsBeyond the Constitution: Citizens, Media, Parties and ElectionsConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 10: Comparative PoliticsParliamentary GovernmentAuthoritarian GovernmentMixed Political SystemsFailed or Fragile StatesConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 11: International Politics and the Global CommunityPost-World War II and Post-Cold War ChallengesCurrent Patterns in International PoliticsBalance of PowerDominationMultilateralismOther Forms of Behavior: Neutrality, Nonalignment, and IsolationNonstate ActorsConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsPart IV: Political Judgment and Public PolicyChapter 12: War and Peace in the Modern AgeEthical and Empirical FactorsAlternative Approaches to a More Peaceful WorldConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 13: The Battle on Behalf of Human RightsClarifying the ProblemEthical and Empirical FactorsAlternative Approaches to Securing Human RightsConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 14: The Struggle for Economic Well-BeingDefining Economic Well-BeingEthical and Empirical FactorsAlternative Approaches to Economic Well-BeingThe Critical Role of the International CommunityConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary TermsChapter 15: The Imperative of Ecological HealthEthical and Empirical FactorsAlternative Approaches to Ecological HealthConclusionSuggested ReadingsGlossary Terms
