The Human Polity: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science

Abstract

Note: Each chapter ends with a Summary and Conclusion and Questions to Consider. I. The Work of Political Science in an Era of Globalization 1. Political Science in an Era of Globalization Political Science and the Human Polity The Subjects of Political Science The Work of Political Science II. Shaping Political Thought 2. Political Ideologies What Is an Ideology? Is an Ism Always an Ideology? Beyond Ideology 3. Politics and Culture The Political Culture of the Nation-State Culture Bases of Subnationalism Impact of Cultural Divisiveness on the Nation-state: Yugoslavia and Canada Explaining Commitment to a Subnational Group: Identity Theory Cultural Dissemination of Political Values: Political Socialization III. Acting in Politics 4. The Individual in Politics Individual Motives for Participation in Politics Measuring Motives Modes of Individual Participation Participation by Voting in Elections Access: How Welcome Is Individual Participation? 5. Organizing for Politics: The Group Interest Groups A Special Problem of Interest Group Behavior: Extraconstitutionalism Violent Revolutionary Organizations 6. Political Parties Political Parties as a Unique Form of Political Organization The Functions of Political Parties The Origins of Political Parties Party Organization The Members of Parties The Selection of Candidates Preparing the Campaign Executing the Campaign: Parties and the Media Parties in Government Types of Parties Types of Party Systems The Role of Parties Today 7. Acting in International Politics Actors Shaping International Politics Contemporary Issues International Conflicts Actors Resolving International Conflicts IV. Governing Nation-States 8. Making the Laws Lawmaking in the Legislature The Relationship Between Legislative and Executive Power Representation: Legislature and Their Constituents Cameras, Committees, and Customs: Other Variations in Legislatures Lawmaking by the Executive Lawmaking by Judges Lawmaking by Political Parties 9. Making Government Work: Executives and Bureaucrats Becoming a Leader Leaving Power What Chief Executives Do The Bureaucracy Too Much Government? Or Too Little? 10. Public Policy What Is a Public Policy? What Determines What Public Policy Will Be? Public Policies Today 11. Justice Under the Law What Is Justice? Choosing Credible Judges An Independent Judiciary: Theory and Practice Guidelines for Adjudication: The Kinds of Kinds of Laws Regional Variations in the Rule of Law: Legal Cultures Convergence of Legal Systems 12. Levels of Government within the States The Nature of Subnational Government Unitary, Federal, and Confederal Political Systems Intermediate Level of Governments Dilemmas of Subnationalilsm V. Governing the World 13. International and Regional Government The History andTypes of International Government How International Relations Changed After World War II The Contemporary International System 14. Political and Economic Globalization Prospects for Global Democracy Kinds of Transitions International Agents of Economic Globalization Impact of Economic Globalization on National Economies