Key Terms boxes and running marginal glossary throughout. Allows students to quickly find the meaning of unfamiliar terms without disrupting the flow of reading, and provides them with a means of quick vocabulary review.
Chapter-opening Questions to Consider provides students with a preview of key points to come, allowing them to focus their reading.
Key Concepts, How To, Case Studies, and Classic Works boxes help students find these features quickly, allowing them to reference them while reading the rest of the text.
An introduction to the empirical approach in Chapter 1—Key Concepts box entitled Never Get Angry at a Fact. This helps students understand the importance of impartiality in the study of political systems and encourages them to look beyond their own biases.
Table of Contents
1. A Science of Politics?
2. Theories: Classic and Modern.
3. Nations, States, and Governments.
4. Individuals and Constitutions.
5. Democracy, Totalitarianism, and Authoritarianism.
6. Political Ideologies.
7. Political Culture.
8. Public Opinion.
9. Political Communication and the Media.
10. Interest Groups.
11. Political Parties and Party Systems.
12. Elections.
13. The Basic Institutions of Government.
14. Legislatures.
15. Executives.
16. Administration and Bureaucracy.
17. Legal Systems and the Courts.
18. Political Economy.
19. Violence and Revolution.
20. International Relations.
21. The Global System.
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