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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Understanding Political Science
• Chapter 1: Discovering the Discipline of Political Science
• Looking at Politics and Political Science
• Studying Political Power
• Searching for Sources of Legitimacy
• Chapter 2: Shaping Research in Political Science: Looking at Major Approaches
• Starting with Traditionalism
• Switching to Behavioralism
• Moving Leftward with Post-Behavioralism
• Comparing Political Science Theories
• Looking at Historical Sociology
• Seeking Benefits: Rational Choice Theory
• Chapter 3: Dealing with Political Culture
• Analyzing Political Culture
• Sustaining Democracy: The Civic Culture
• Working on Political Socialization
• Moving from Materialist to Postmaterialist
• Part 2: Comparing Governments
• Chapter 4: Discussing Different Forms of Government
• Identifying Types of Governments
• Dividing Powers
• Chapter 5: Setting the Rules: Constitutions
• Looking at Constitution Basics
• Creating a New Country: The U.S. Constitution of 1789
• Checking on a New Document: The Russian Constitution
• Chapter 6: Comparing Political Institutions: Systems of Government
• Comparing Democratic Political Systems
• Studying the U.S. Congress
• Looking at Great Britain
• Analyzing Executives
• Going Bureaucratic
• Settling Disputes
• Chapter 7: Elections, Political Parties, and Interest Groups
• Studying Elections
• Political Parties — Necessary for Democracy
• Interest Groups: Influencing the Government
• Part 3: Going Global: International Relations
• Chapter 8: Thinking Globally: The Study of International Relations
• Understanding the Origins of International Relations
• Getting into the Theories of International Relations
• Getting Real: The Power of Realism
• Doing Good: Idealism
• Being Equal through Global Humanism
• Striving for Change with Constructivism
• Chapter 9: Creating Some Order: International Law and Diplomacy
• Defining International Law
• Studying Sources of International Law
• Connecting with Diplomacy
• Chapter 10: Creating Order through International Organizations
• Getting Together in Europe — The Concert of Europe
• Calling for a League of Nations
• Needing a United Nations
• Chapter 11: Not Going to War: The Cold War 1946–1991
• Explaining the Cold War
• Highlighting the Cold War
• Analyzing Strategic Doctrines and the Arms Race
• Chapter 12: Dealing with Political Violence: War and Terrorism
• Examining Warfare
• Looking at the Causes of War
• Dealing with Terrorism
• Going to War with Evil
• Exploring the Costs of War
• Chapter 13: Mixing Disciplines: International Political Economy
• Fusing Economics and Politics
• Creating a New Economic Order
• Discovering Economic Theories
• Examining Population and the Division of Wealth
• Causing Economic Decline in the Third World
• Seeking Globalization: An Integration of Countries
• Part 4: Going from Classical to Modern Political Ideologies
• Chapter 14: Starting in Greece: The Roots of Political Science
• Studying Ancient Greece and the Start of Political Science
• Questioning Everything: Socrates
• Putting Political Philosophy into Play: Plato
• Seeking a Scientific Approach: Aristotle
• Putting Ethics to Use
• Chapter 15: Going Modern: Middle Ages to the Present
• Taking a Lesson on Catholic Theory
• Understanding Power
• Moving to Classical Conservatism
• Advocating for Classical Liberalism
• Putting the Government Back in Charge: Modern Liberalism
• Chapter 16: Moving to the Right: Fascism, Neofascism, and Right-Wing Populism
• Getting a Sense of Fascism
• Starting Out: The Beginnings of Fascism
• Rising of Neofascism
• Challenging the Elite: Populism
• Swinging Right: Right-Wing Populism in Europe
• Chapter 17: Going Left: Communism, Socialism, and Social Democracy
• Causing Socialism
• Starting with Karl Marx
• Updating Marxism: Lenin
• Traveling to Asia: Maoism
• Going Democratic: Social Democracy
• Part 5: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 18: Ten Political Science Books Everyone Should Read
• Politics (335–323 BCE)
• The Prince (1513)
• Leviathan (1651)
• Two Treatises of Government (1690)
• The Wealth of Nations (1776)
• The Communist Manifesto (1848)
• The American Voter (1960)
• Man, the State, and War (1959)
• Who Governs? (1961)
• Who’s Running America? (8th Edition, 2017)
• Chapter 19: Ten Modern Political Scientists
• David Easton
• Gabriel Almond
• Hans Morgenthau
• Kenneth Waltz
• Vladimir Orlando Key
• Samuel P. Huntington
• John Rawls
• Francis Fukuyama
• Robert Gilpin
• Robert O. Keohane
• Index
• About the Author
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