Understanding politics : ideas, institutions, and issues / Thomas M. Magstadt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, 2017.Edition: 12th edDescription: xiv, 610 pContent type:
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1. Introduction: The Study of Politics.2. The Idea of the Public Good: Ideologies and Isms.Part I: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: MODELS AND THEORIES.3. Utopias: Model States.4. Constitutional Democracy: Models of Representation.5. The Authoritarian Model: Myth and Reality.6. The Totalitarian Model: A False Utopia.Part II: ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES.7. Parliamentary Democracy: Pros and Cons of Perishable Governments.8. States and Economies in Transition: Between Democracy and Yesterday.9. Development: Myths and Realities.Part III: POLITICS BY CIVIL MEANS: CITIZENS, LEADERS, AND POLICIES.10. Political Socialization: The Making of a Citizen.11. Political Participation: The Limits of Democracy.12. Political Leadership: The Many Faces of Power.13. Issues in Public Policy: Politics, Principles, Priorities, and Practices.Part IV: POLITICS BY VIOLENT MEANS: REVOLUTION, WAR, AND TERRORISM.14. Revolution: In the Name of Justice.15. War: Politics by Other Means.16. Terrorism: War, Crimes, or War Crimes?Part V: POLITICS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT.17. International Relations: The Struggle for World Order.18. Afterword: The Power of Knowledge.Endnotes.Glossary.Index.

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