Power and Choice: An Introduction to Political Science (13th Edition)

Part 1. The Idea of Politics
1. Politics: Setting the Stage
2. Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy

Part 2. The State and Public Policy
3. The Modern Stage
4. Policies of the State
5. Economic Policy of the State
6. What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and Effectiveness

Part 3. The Citizen and The Regime
7. Democracies and Authoritarian Systems
8. Political Culture and Political Socialization

Part 4. The Apparatus of Governance
9. Constitutions and the Design of Government
10. Elections
11. Parties: A Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics
12. Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics
13. Social Movements and Contentious Politics
14. National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government
15. National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government
16. Bureaucracy and the Public Sector
17. Law and the Courts

Part 5. International Politics
18. Global Politics: Politics among States (and Others)

Appendix. Principles of Political Analysis

Glossary
Index





W. Phillips Shively
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis