Understanding principles of politics and the state
By: John Schrems
Edition: New rev. ed.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Political science
Notes: Previously published as: Principles of politics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Democracy: three views; title: ch. 2. The political system; title: ch. 3. Political science: scope and methods; title: ch. 4. The nature of the State; title: ch. 5. Political authority/sovereignty; title: ch. 6. The origin/control of the State; title: ch. 7. The purpose of the State; title: ch. 8. Ideologies; title: ch. 9. Subsidiarity and justice; title: ch. 10. The individual and the State: a focus on rights; title: ch. 11. The State and groups; title: ch. 12. Constitutionalism; title: ch. 13. Forms of government: geographic distribution of power; title: ch. 14. Forms of government: functional distribution of power; title: ch. 15. Political change.