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Index

Cover Table of Contents 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

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