Introduction to political science
Subtitle: reason, reflection, and analysis
By: R. Kenneth Godwin, John C. Wahlke.
Contributors: Wahlke, John C.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Political science.
Description: "The central purpose of this book is to show students how to think critically--to reason, reflect, and analyze--about the enduring questions of political science. It seeks to engage students by illustrating the relevance of international issues to their own lives. The book is not organized around individual countries or particular governments, but around political ideas, institutions, processes, and problems. It moves progressively from examples familiar to American students to a non-Western emphasis, allowing students to learn important basic concepts and then apply them to a global setting."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
System requirements: IBM PC; MSDOS 3.1 or higher; WordPerfect 6.0 or Microsoft Word 6.0; Micro-Crunch 2.11 or SPSS 6.1 for Windows; 3.5 in. disk drive.
Table of contents: title: Sphere of government: Justifications for government; title: Political philosophy and forms of government: Evolution of Western liberal theory; Democracy, community and equality; Nonconstitutional regimes; title: Citizen and the state: Political participation; Linking citizens to government; title: Institutional arrangements: Forms of government, parliamentary and presidential systems; Choosing, making, and implementing policy, the process of government; Courts and judicial policy making; title: Contemporary problems and issues: Issues facing less industrialized countries; Politics in more industrialized countries; Global politics in a changing world.