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To the Student: Welcome to a Community of Skilled Observers
To the Teacher: What’s New in the Eighth Edition?
PART 1 READING AND WRITING FOR INTRODUCTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES
1 Read and Write to Understand Politics
1.1 Reading Politics Analytically
1.2 Reading News as Political Power
1.3 Skillful Reading Techniques: How to Read Newspapers as a Political Scientist
1.4 Analytical Reading Techniques: How to Read Editorials and Op-Ed Essays
2 Write Effectively
A Simultaneous Tangle of Activities
2.1 Get into the Flow of Writing
2.2 Think Creatively
2.3 Organize Your Writing
2.4 Draft, Revise, Edit, and Proofread
3 Practice the Craft of Scholarship
3.1 The Competent Writer
3.2 Avoid Errors in Grammar and Punctuation
3.3 Format Your Paper and Its Contents Professionally
3.4 Cite Your Sources Properly in APSA Style
3.5 Avoid Plagiarism
4 Become Familiar with Government Documents
4.1 Welcome to the National Archives
4.2 Welcome to the Library of Congress
4.3 How to Read the Congressional Record
4.4 How to Read the Federal Register
5 Introductory Skilled Observations
5.1 Presidential Campaign Commercials
5.2 Local Government Policy
5.3 The Presidential Decision-Making Process
5.4 The Law-Making Process
PART 2 BECOMING A POLITICAL SCIENTIST: LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP SKILLS
6 Read and Write Professionally and Critically
6.1 How to Read Political Science Scholarship
6.2 How to Critique an Academic Article
6.3 How to Write a Book Review
6.4 How to Write a Literature Review
7 Preliminary Scholarship: Research Effectively
7.1 Institute an Effective Research Process
7.2 Find and Evaluate the Quality of Online and Printed Information
PART 3 PRACTICING POLITICAL SCIENCE IN ADVANCED COURSES
8 Analyze Public Opinion
Learn the Steps in Writing a Survey Paper
9 Analyze a Domestic or International Government Policy
9.1 Learn the Basics of Policy Analysis
9.2 Foreign Policy Analysis
10 Author an Amicus Curiae Brief
Learn the Rules for Writing Briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court
Brief of Amici Curiae
11 Political Philosophy Papers
Consider Some Options for Political Philosophy Papers
Appendix A Political Science Journals
Appendix B Proper Forms of Address
Appendix C Glossary of Political Terms and Slang
Appendix D References
Index
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