Analyzing Politics An Introduction to Political Science (with InfoTrac)

by Grigsby, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780534586713
• ISBN10: 0534586716
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-07
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This text covers the basics of political science. Linking fundamental concepts with contemporary political events and controversies, Grigsby discusses all major topics and illustrates the ways in which these topics impact their lives.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
Political Science and Scientific Methods in Studying Politics	7	(28)
The Range of Political Science: Historical Developments	8	(4)
Thinking Scientifically: Some Foundations of Scientific Inquiry	12	(4)
Thinking Scientifically about Politics	16	(8)
Case Studies	16	(2)
Survey Research	18	(5)
Experiments and Quasi-Experiments	23	(1)
Indirect Quantitative Analysis	23	(1)
Science: Limitations	24	(8)
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?	26	(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	33	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	33	(2)
Key Concepts in Political Science	35	(31)
Power	36	(14)
Types of Power	37	(12)
Debates in the Study of Power	49	(1)
States	50	(8)
States: State Formation, Development, and Change	51	(1)
Debates in the Study of States	52	(6)
Nations	58	(5)
States and Nations: Relations and Interactions	59	(3)
Debates in the Study of Nations	62	(1)
Summing Up	63	(1)
Study Questions	64	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	65	(1)
Political Theory: Examining the Ethical Foundations of Politics	66	(21)
Analyzing Political Theory: Plato's Allegory of the Cave	67	(2)
Some Fundamental Ethical Questions in Politics	69	(16)
What Purpose Should the State Serve?	69	(4)
Should States Promote Equality?	73	(6)
Should States Be Organized to Maximize Their Own Power or Organized to Restrain This Power?	79	(2)
Should States Try to Help Us Be Ethical?	81	(4)
Summing Up	85	(1)
Study Questions	86	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	86	(1)
Political Ideologies I: Liberalism, Conservatism, and Socialism	87	(28)
Liberalism	87	(9)
Classical Liberalism	88	(4)
Modern Liberalism	92	(3)
Classical and Modern Liberalism Today	95	(1)
Conservatism	96	(8)
Traditional Conservatism	96	(3)
Traditional Conservatism Today	99	(2)
Traditional Conservatism and Classical Liberal Conservation in Conflict	101	(3)
Socialism	104	(9)
Marxism	105	(5)
Marxism-Leninism	110	(1)
Social Democracy	111	(2)
Summing Up	113	(1)
Study Questions	113	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	114	(1)
Political Ideologies II: Fascism	115	(15)
The Fascism of Mussolini and Hitler	115	(11)
Neofascism	126	(2)
Summing Up	128	(1)
Study Questions	128	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	129	(1)
Political Ideologies III: Feminism, Environmentalism, and Postmodernism	130	(18)
Feminism	131	(8)
Liberal Feminism	134	(2)
Radical Challenges to Liberal Feminism	136	(3)
Environmentalism	139	(6)
Basic Principles	139	(4)
Diversity within Environmentalist Ideology	143	(2)
A Note on Postmodernism	145	(1)
Summing Up	146	(1)
Study Questions	147	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	147	(1)
Comparative Politics I: Governmental Systems; Democracy and Nondemocracy	148	(29)
Democracy as a Fluid and Varied Governing Process	149	(5)
Democracies Compared	154	(12)
Participation: The United States and Switzerland	154	(2)
Pluralism: The United States arid Germany	156	(3)
Developmentalism: The United States and Argentina	159	(2)
Protection: The United States and Great Britain	161	(3)
Performance: The United States and India	164	(2)
Nondemocracy: A Fluid and Varied Governing Process	166	(7)
Questions About China	171	(2)
Summing Up	173	(2)
Study Questions	175	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	175	(2)
Comparative Politics III: Interest Groups, Political Parties, Elections, and Media	177	(38)
Interest Groups	178	(12)
Interest Groups in the United States	178	(7)
Interest Groups Compared: Democracies	185	(3)
Interest Groups Compared: Nondemocracies	188	(2)
Political Parties	190	(8)
Political Parties in the United States	190	(4)
Political Parties Compared: Democracies	194	(3)
Political Parties Compared: Nondemocracies	197	(1)
Elections	198	(10)
Elections in the United States	198	(8)
Elections Compared: Democracies	206	(1)
Elections Compared: Nondemocracies	207	(1)
Media	208	(3)
Media in the United States	208	(2)
Media Compared: Democracies and Nondemocracies	210	(1)
Summing Up	211	(2)
Study Questions	213	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	214	(1)
Comparative Politics III: Governing Democracies; Executives, Legislatures, and Judiciaries	215	(18)
Executive-Legislative Relations: Presidential and Parliamentary Systems	215	(13)
The U.S. Presidential System: The Executive	216	(3)
The British Parliamentary System: The Executive	219	(2)
Other Examples of Executive-Legislative Relations	221	(1)
The U.S. Presidential System: The Legislature	222	(4)
The British Parliamentary System: The Legislature	226	(2)
Judicial Review versus Parliamentary Sovereignty	228	(2)
Summing Up	230	(1)
Study Questions	231	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	232	(1)
International Relations: Analyzing Recent and Contemporary Events in International Politics	233	(28)
Models of Analysis	235	(4)
Idealism	235	(1)
Realism	236	(3)
International Relations: Out of Bipolarism and into the Twenty-First Century	239	(20)
Bipolar Politics	239	(3)
After Bipolarism	242	(2)
Questions of Security after Bipolarism	244	(7)
Questions about International Economics and Politics	251	(8)
Summing Up	259	(1)
Study Questions	259	(1)
Following Up through Internet Sources	260	(1)
Notes	261	(42)
Glossary	303	(8)
Index	311