To the Student | p. vi |
To the Teacher | p. vii |
Welcome to Political Science | |
The Creative Study of Politics | p. 1 |
Politics and Political Science | p. 1 |
Political Science as Creativity | p. 7 |
Four Millenniums of Thinking About Politics | p. 16 |
Political Science as the Continuing Creative Search for Truth | p. 16 |
The Era of Myth | p. 18 |
The Era of Politics | p. 20 |
The Era of Philosophy | p. 26 |
The Era of Theology | p. 30 |
The Era of History | p. 35 |
The Era of Science | p. 39 |
The Era of Eclecticism | p. 43 |
Current Approaches to Studying Politics | p. 47 |
Basic Problems and Challenges for the Science of Politics | p. 47 |
Gabriel Almond's Schools and Sects of Political Science | p. 51 |
Postmodernism and Political Science | p. 75 |
Some Quantitative Methods in Political Science | p. 80 |
The Basics of Scientific Knowledge | p. 80 |
The Basics of Social Science Research | p. 81 |
Content Analysis | p. 86 |
Experiments | p. 87 |
Nonexperimental Designs | p. 90 |
Interviews | p. 91 |
Case Studies | p. 91 |
Direct Observation | p. 92 |
Focus Groups | p. 92 |
A Handbook of Style for Political Science | |
Writing as Communication | p. 94 |
Writing to Learn | p. 94 |
The Writing Process | p. 98 |
Writing Competently | p. 118 |
Grammar and Style | p. 118 |
Punctuation | p. 121 |
Paper Formats | p. 141 |
General Page Formats | p. 141 |
Tables, Illustrations, Figures, and Appendixes | p. 146 |
Text | p. 150 |
Citing Sources | p. 152 |
The APSA Author-Date System | p. 152 |
Avoiding Plagiarism | p. 167 |
Conducting Research in Political Science | |
Organizing the Research Process | p. 172 |
Gaining Control of the Research Process | p. 172 |
Effective Research Methods | p. 174 |
How to Conduct a Literature Review | p. 181 |
Library Information Resources | p. 183 |
Reference Books | p. 183 |
Periodical Indexes | p. 189 |
Statistics | p. 190 |
Government Agencies | p. 191 |
Private Research Organizations | p. 192 |
List of Political Science Periodicals | p. 193 |
Internet Resources | p. 197 |
Writing Resources on the Internet | p. 197 |
Politics and Government Resources on the Internet | p. 198 |
Political Science Resources on the Internet | p. 200 |
Assessing the Quality of Internet Resources | p. 200 |
Critical Thinking and Acting in Politics | |
Book Reviews and Article Critiques | p. 202 |
Book Reviews | p. 202 |
Article Critiques | p. 208 |
Writing to Communicate and Act | p. 212 |
Letters to Newspaper Editors | p. 212 |
Op-ed Essays | p. 216 |
Letters to Elected Representatives | p. 219 |
Table of Forms of Proper Address Formats | p. 222 |
Critical Thinking Exercises | p. 227 |
An Introduction to the Observation of Politics | p. 227 |
An Exercise in Observation: Campaign Commercials | p. 228 |
Directions for Writing an Allegory Analysis | p. 229 |
Allegory 1: Plato's Philosopher King | p. 230 |
Allegory 2: Rawls' Veil of Ignorance | p. 232 |
Allegory 3: Foucault's Panopticon | p. 233 |
Elementary Policy Analysis: Position Papers | p. 237 |
What is a Position Paper? | p. 237 |
Selecting Topics for Position Papers | p. 238 |
Conducting Research for Position Papers | p. 241 |
Contents of Position Papers | p. 241 |
Papers Throughout Political Science | |
Analytical Papers in American Government and International Relations | p. 246 |
Preliminary Choices for Research Papers in Political Science | p. 246 |
Steps in Writing Analytical Papers | p. 249 |
Comparing Governments | p. 252 |
How Governments are Compared | p. 252 |
Elements of Comparative Politics Paper | p. 254 |
Policy Analysis Papers | p. 260 |
The Basics of Policy Analysis | p. 260 |
Policy Analysis Research Proposals | p. 261 |
Policy Analysis Papers | p. 263 |
Amicus Curiae Briefs | p. 267 |
How to Write Amicus Curiae Briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court | p. 267 |
Resources for Writing an Amicus Curiae Brief | p. 271 |
Public Opinion Survey Papers | p. 274 |
The Scope and Purpose of a Survey Paper | p. 274 |
Steps in Writing a Survey Paper | p. 275 |
Elements of a Public Opinion Survey Paper | p. 285 |
Glossary of Political Science Terms | p. 288 |
Bibliography | p. 297 |
Index | p. 300 |
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