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Note: Each chapter includes a Summary and Conclusion, and Questions to Consider | |
The Work of Political Science in an Era of Globalization | |
Political Science in an Era of Globalization | |
Political Science and the Human Polity | |
The Subjects of Political Science | |
The Work of Political Science | |
Shaping Political Thought | |
Political Ideologies | |
What Is an Ideology? | |
Is an Ism Always an Ideology? | |
Beyond Ideology | |
Politics and Culture | |
The Political Culture of the Nation-State | |
Cultural Bases of Subnationalism | |
Impact of Cultural Divisiveness on the Nation-State | |
Explaining Commitment to a Subnational Group: Identity Theory | |
Cultural Dissemination of Political Values: Political Socialization | |
Acting in Politics | |
The Individual in Politics | |
Individual Motives for Participation in Politics | |
Participation by Voting in Elections | |
Access: How Welcome Is Individual Participation? | |
Organizing for Politics: The Group | |
Interest Groups | |
Violent Revolutionary Organizations | |
Political Parties | |
Political Parties as a Unique Form of Political Organization | |
The Functions of Political Parties | |
Party Organization | |
The Members of Parties | |
The Selection of Candidates | |
Preparing the Campaign | |
Executing the Campaign: Parties and the Media | |
Parties in Government | |
The Role of Parties Today | |
Acting in International Politics | |
Actors Shaping International Politics | |
Contemporary Issues of International Politics | |
Resolving International Conflicts | |
Governing Nation-States | |
Making the Laws | |
The Legislature | |
The Relationship Between Legislative and Executive Power | |
Representation: Legislators and Their Constituents | |
Lawmaking by Other Institutions of Government | |
Making Government Work: Executives and Bureaucrats | |
What Chief Executives Do | |
The Bureaucracy | |
Too Much Government? Or Too Little? | |
Public Policy | |
What Is a Public Policy? | |
Determinants of Public Policy: The Role of Circumstance | |
Three Examples of Public Policy | |
Justice Under the Law | |
What Is Justice? | |
Choosing Credible Judges | |
An Independent Judiciary: Theory and Practice | |
Guidelines for Adjudication: The Kinds of Kinds of Law | |
Regional Variations in the Rule of Law: Legal Cultures | |
Levels of Government Within the State | |
The Nature of Subnational Government | |
Unitary and Federal Political Systems | |
Intermediate Levels of Government | |
Governing the World | |
International and Regional Governments | |
Treaties | |
Regional Organizations | |
International Organizations | |
Political and Economic Globalization | |
Prospects for Global Democracy | |
Kinds of Transitions | |
International Agents of Economic Globalization | |
Impact of Economic Globalization on National Economies | |
Glossary | |
Index | |
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