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Politics is a comprehensive and comparative introduction to the essential components of democratic politics. It familiarizes students with enduring themes and issues that have arisen over the roughly 2,000-year history of political research and provides foundations for more advanced study in the discipline. The empirical focus is on the institutions and processes associated with presidential and parliamentary variants of liberal democracy. Following an introduction to some of the central concepts in political analysis and the evolution of political research over the centuries, Politics focuses on political ideas (political philosophy, ideologies, and political culture), institutions (constitutions, legislatures, and executives; their relationships in parliamentary and presidential systems; electoral and party systems; the bureaucracy; and the judiciary), and the international setting. One of the book's central themes is the relationship of contemporary political debates to more enduring traditions of political thought.
Philosophical traditions are linked to the emergence and institutional functioning of liberal democracy, and, by virtue of the comparative approach, appreciation of the immense variety of democratic political arrangements in different countries of the world is offered. This text is accompanied by an instructor's manual on CD-ROM that includes a quantitative assignment and a test bank.
Contents
Preface Part One: Getting Started 1. Foundations of Politics 2. Contemporary Political Science: Methods and Approaches Part Two: Ideas 3. Foundations of Political Philosophy 4. Ideology: Ideas for Political Action 5. Political Culture: The Collective Consciousness of a Polity Part Three: The Evolution of Liberal Democracy 6. Liberal Democracy: Emergence and Dimensions Part Four: The Institutions of Liberal Democratic States 7. Democratic Governance: Presidential and Parliamentary Variants 8. Governing Territory: Unitary and Federal Systems Part Five: The Political Process in Liberal Democracies 9. Cleavage Structures and Electoral Systems 10. Parties, Organized Groups, and Direct Democracy Part Six: Governing 11. Public Policy, Legislation, and the Bureaucracy 12. Justice, Law, and Politics 13. The Rise (and Fall?) of the Welfare State 14. Politics and the International System, Chris Holoman Appendices A. The Constitution of the United States B. Amendments to the Constitution Index
