(eBook PDF) A Comparative Introduction to Political Science: Contention and Cooperation

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1442252596
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1442252592
• Author: Alan G. Smith

When are legislators inclined to cast votes in cooperation with their parties, and when do they go their own way? When and why do nations contend with each other, and when are they more likely to cooperate? Thematically arranged around the interplay of contention and cooperation, A Comparative Introduction to Political Science encourages students to explore causal factors and consequences related to political phenomena to become knowledgeable and resourceful citizens of their nations and the world. Alan Smith covers how patterns of contention and cooperation-and the resulting government policies-may be affected by such factors as the surrounding political framework, the distribution of influence, and political motivation, including values as well as material interests.

Table of contents:

PART I: THE BASICS OF POLITICS
1. Politics, Government, and Policy
2. Power and the Distribution of Influence
3. Political Science
4. Building the Contemporary Nation-State: Challenges and Responses
PART II: NORMATIVE POLITICAL THOUGHT
5. Political Philosophies and Theories
6. Contemporary Ideologies
PART III: SOCIETY AND POLITICS
7. Political Economy
8. Political Attitudes
9. Interest Groups
10. Political Parties
11. Voting and Elections
PART IV: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
12. Legislative Assemblies
13. The Democratic Political Executive
14. Applying the Law: Public Administration and the Courts
15. Authoritarian Regimes and Revolution
16. Democratization
PART V: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
17. International Politics and Its Classic Models
18. Social Identity and Today’s Foreign Policy Challenges

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