Analyzing Politics An Introduction to Political Science

by Grigsby, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780534549275
• ISBN10: 0534549276
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-12
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Preface	x
1 INTRODUCTION	1	(6)
Notes	6	(1)
2 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS IN STUDYING POLITICS	7	(31)
The Range of Political Science: Historical Developments	8	(4)
Thinking Scientifically: Foundations of Scientific Inquiry	12	(4)
Thinking Scientifically: Applying the Scientific Method to the Study of Politics	16	(9)
Case Studies	16	(2)
Survey Research	18	(5)
Experiments and Quasi-Experiments	23	(1)
Indirect Quantitative Analysis	24	(1)
Science: Limitations	25	(7)
How Can We Have a Science of Human Behavior When Human Behavior Is Often Unique?	25	(1)
How Do We Know Our Findings Are Correct?	26	(1)
Does the Pursuit of Science Lead Us to Ignore Important Questions?	27	(1)
Does Science Contradict Its Own Logic?	27	(1)
Can Science Avoid Coming into Conflict with Ethics?	28	(4)
Summing Up	32	(1)
Study Questions	32	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	33	(1)
Notes	33	(5)
3 KEY CONCEPTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE	38	(38)
Power	38	(16)
Types of Power	40	(13)
Debates in the Study of Power	53	(1)
States	54	(9)
States: State Formation, Development, and Change	57	(1)
Debates in the Study of States	58	(5)
Nations	63	(6)
States-Nations: Relations and Interactions	64	(3)
Debates in the Study of Nations	67	(2)
Summing Up	69	(1)
Study Questions	70	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	70	(1)
Notes	71	(5)
4 POLITICAL THEORY: EXAMINING THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS	76	(26)
Analyzing Political Theory: Plato's Allegory of the Cave	77	(3)
Some Fundamental Ethical Questions in Politics	80	(17)
What Purpose Should the State Serve?	80	(4)
Should States Promote Equality?	84	(6)
Should States Be Organized to Maximize Their Own Power or Organized to Restrain This Power?	90	(3)
Should States Try to Help Us Be Ethical?	93	(4)
Summing Up	97	(1)
Study Questions	98	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	98	(1)
Notes	99	(3)
5 POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES I: LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, AND SOCIALISM	102	(33)
Liberalism	102	(10)
Classical Liberalism	103	(4)
Modern Liberalism	107	(3)
Classical and Modern Liberalism Today	110	(2)
Conservatism	112	(8)
Traditional Conservatives	112	(3)
Traditional Conservatism Today	115	(2)
Traditional Conservatism and Classical Liberal Conservatism in Conflict	117	(3)
Socialism	120	(9)
Marxism	121	(5)
Marxism-Leninism	126	(2)
Social Democracy	128	(1)
Summing Up	129	(1)
Study Questions	130	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	130	(1)
Notes	131	(4)
6 POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES II: FASCISM, FEMINISM, ENVIRONMENTALISM, AND POSTMODERNISM	135	(33)
Fascism	135	(7)
The Fascism of Mussolini and Hitler	136	(4)
Neofascism	140	(2)
Feminism	142	(9)
Liberal Feminism	147	(2)
Radical Challenges to Liberal Feminism	149	(2)
Environmentalism	151	(7)
Basic Principles	152	(5)
Diversity within Environmentalist Ideology	157	(1)
A Note on Postmodernism	158	(1)
Summing Up	159	(1)
Study Questions	160	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	160	(1)
Notes	161	(7)
7 COMPARATIVE POLITICS I: GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS: DEMOCRACY AND NONDEMOCRACY	168	(35)
Democracy	169	(5)
Democracies Compared	174	(13)
Participation: The United States and Switzerland	174	(2)
Pluralism: The United States and Germany	176	(3)
Developmentalism: The United States and Argentina	179	(3)
Protection: The United States and Great Britain	182	(2)
Performance: The United States and India	184	(3)
Nondemocracy	187	(6)
The World's Largest Nondemocracy: China	192	(1)
Summing Up	193	(2)
Study Questions	195	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	196	(1)
Notes	196	(7)
8 COMPARATIVE POLITICS II: INTEREST GROUPS, POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS, AND MEDIA	203	(48)
Interest Groups	204	(14)
Interest Groups in the United States	204	(8)
Interest Groups Compared: Democracies	212	(4)
Interest Groups Compared: Nondemocracies	216	(2)
Political Parties	218	(9)
Political Parties in the United States	218	(5)
Political Parties Compared: Democracies	223	(3)
Political Parties Compared: Nondemocracies	226	(1)
Elections	227	(9)
Elections in the United States	228	(6)
Elections Compared: Democracies	234	(1)
Elections Compared: Nondemocracies	235	(1)
Media	236	(3)
Media in the United States	236	(2)
Media Compared: Democracies and Nondemocracies	238	(1)
Summing Up	239	(2)
Study Questions	241	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	242	(1)
Notes	243	(8)
9 COMPARATIVE POLITICS III: GOVERNING DEMOCRACIES: EXECUTIVES, LEGISLATURES, AND JUDICIARIES	251	(21)
Executive-Legislative Relations: Presidential and Parliamentary Systems	251	(14)
The U.S. Presidential System: The Executive	252	(4)
The British Parliamentary System: The Executive	256	(2)
Other Examples of Executive-Legislative Relations	258	(1)
The U.S. Presidential System: The Legislature	258	(5)
The British Parliamentary System: The Legislature	263	(2)
Judicial Review v. Parliamentary Sovereignty	265	(2)
Summing Up	267	(1)
Study Questions	268	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	268	(1)
Notes	269	(3)
10 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS I: ANALYZING RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS	272	(22)
Models of Analysis	274	(7)
Idealism	274	(3)
Realism	277	(4)
International Relations: Out of Bipolarism and into the 21st Century	281	(8)
Bipolar Politics	281	(2)
After Bipolarism	283	(1)
Questions of Security after Bipolarism	284	(5)
Summing Up	289	(1)
Study Questions	290	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	290	(1)
Notes	290	(4)
11 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS II: TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AND ECONOMICS	294	(13)
Issues of Violence: War and Terrorism	294	(4)
Issues of Economics: Population Growth, Technological Expansion, and Resource Inequality	298	(5)
Population	298	(1)
Technology	298	(1)
Economic Resource Inequality	299	(4)
Summing Up	303	(1)
Study Questions	303	(1)
Following Up Through Internet Sources	304	(1)
Notes	304	(3)
GLOSSARY	307	(9)
INDEX	316