Power and choice : an introduction to political science / W. Phillips Shively.

By: Shively, W. Phillips, 1942- [author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xvii, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0070571872 (acidfree paper)Other title: Power & choice [Cover title]Subject(s): Political scienceDDC classification: 320 LOC classification: JA66 | .S47 1997
Contents:
Politics: setting the stage -- The modern state -- Modern ideologies and political philosophy -- Policies of the state -- Political choices: the problems of fairness and efficiency -- Authority and legitimacy: the state and the citizen -- Democracy and its recent surge in the world -- Autocratic government -- Constitutions and the design of government -- Elections -- Parties: a linking and leading mechanism in politics -- Structured conflict: interest groups and politics -- National decision-making institutions: parliamentary government -- National decision-making institutions: presidential government -- Bureaucracy and the public sector -- Law and the courts -- Politics among states.
Summary: This introductory text examines the contrasting purpose of political institutions as a means to acquire power versus their use as a means to exercise public choice.
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-369)

Politics: setting the stage --
The modern state --
Modern ideologies and political philosophy --
Policies of the state --
Political choices: the problems of fairness and efficiency --
Authority and legitimacy: the state and the citizen --
Democracy and its recent surge in the world --
Autocratic government --
Constitutions and the design of government --
Elections --
Parties: a linking and leading mechanism in politics --
Structured conflict: interest groups and politics --
National decision-making institutions: parliamentary government --
National decision-making institutions: presidential government --
Bureaucracy and the public sector --
Law and the courts --
Politics among states.

This introductory text examines the contrasting purpose of political institutions as a means to acquire power versus their use as a means to exercise public choice.

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