Shively, W. Phillips,  1942- <br/><br/>
Power and choice :  an introduction to political science / 
 Power & choice 
W. Phillips Shively. 
 - Fifth edition 
 - xvii, 377 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-369)  
<br/><br/>	Politics: setting the stage --<br/>The modern state --<br/>Modern ideologies and political philosophy --<br/>Policies of the state --<br/>Political choices: the problems of fairness and efficiency --<br/>Authority and legitimacy: the state and the citizen --<br/>Democracy and its recent surge in the world --<br/>Autocratic government --<br/>Constitutions and the design of government --<br/>Elections --<br/>Parties: a linking and leading mechanism in politics --<br/>Structured conflict: interest groups and politics --<br/>National decision-making institutions: parliamentary government --<br/>National decision-making institutions: presidential government --<br/>Bureaucracy and the public sector --<br/>Law and the courts --<br/>Politics among states. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0070571872 (acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96013836  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA66  / .S47 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320