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Alan Smith is professor of political science at Central Connecticut State University, where he has taught a comparative introduction to political science course for nearly thirty years.
PART I: The Basics OF POLITICS
1. Politics, Government, and Policy
2. Power and the Distribution of Influence
3. Political Science
4. Building the Contemporary Nation-State: Challenges and Responses
PART II: NORMATIVE POLITICAL THOUGHT
5. Political Philosophies and Theories
6. Contemporary Ideologies
PART III: SOCIETY AND POLITICS
7. Political Economy
8. Political Attitudes
9. Interest Groups
10. Political Parties
11. Voting and Elections
PART IV: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
12. Legislative Assemblies
13. The Democratic Political Executive
14. Applying the Law: Public Administration and the Courts
15. Authoritarian Regimes and Revolution
16. Democratization
PART V: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
17. International Politics and Its Classic Models
18. Social Identity and Today’s Foreign Policy Challenges
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“Well organized, on point, and a good introduction to the topic of politics.”
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