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Shively 11e, Table of Contents (54.0K)

Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science 11e

Politics
Politics as the Making of Common Decisions
Politics as the Exercise of Power
Politics as the Exercise of Choice
Power and Choice
Politics of the State
Political Science
The Pleasures of Politics

American Ideologies
Liberalism
The Conservative Reaction
The Socialist Alternative
Communism and Socialism
Fascism
Ideologies in the Twenty-first Century
Religion, Politics, and Political Philosophy
Political Philosophy in Other Historical Eras

The Development of the Modern State
The Origin of States: Power or Choice?
The State as a Device to Provide Collective Goods
“State,” “Nation,” and the “Nation-State”
State-Building
Government and the State
Challenges to the State
Some Possible Alternatives
Example: State Building in Nigeria
Example: State Building in the European Union

The Role of Governments in the Third World
Constraints and Conditions for Policy
Defense Policy
Education
Research and Development
Health and Social Welfare
Democracy and Public Policy
The Place of Power in Policy Analysis
Example: The Demographic Challenge
Example: Economic Development Compared with “Human Development”
Example: Uganda: An African AIDS Success Story

Political Economy
Economic Performance 1: Growth
Economic Performance 2: Controlling Inflation and Unemployment
Managing Distribution to Address inequality
Independent Central Banks
Corruption
Other Measures Available to Government
Globalization: Are States Losing their Ability to Make Economic Policy?
Example: Economic Policy in Germany
Example: Economic Policy in Indonesia

The Problem of Justice
Other Aspects of Justice: Procedural Justice
Effectiveness
A Basic Question of Effectives: Authority Versus the Market
The Need to Act, Even Under Uncertainty
Example: Political Choice

Democracy
The Coming and Going of Democracy
Possible Explanations
What Did We Learn From the Third Wave?
Why Are Prosperous Countries Likely to Be Democracies?
Democracy and Freedom
Democracy and Capitalism
Autocracy
Military Government
Why Aren’t There More Military Governments?
One-Party States
Monarchies and Theocracies
Democracy Versus Autocracy: Material Considerations
“Power and Choice” Again
Example: Democratization in Spain
Example: Fragile Democracy in Peru
Example: Theocracy in Iran

Legitimacy and Authority
Sources of Legitimacy
The “Democratic Citizen”
How Well are These Requirements Met?
Social Capital
Political Culture
An Application of Political Culture: Robert Kagan’s Of Paradise and Power
Religion and Politics
Political Socialization
Example: Building Authority and Legitimacy in West Germany After World War II
Example: Declining Democratic legitimacy in the United States

Variations in Formality
The Virtue of Vagueness
Other Principles of Constitutional Design
Constitution-Writing
The Geographic Concentration of Power
“Federal” and “Unitary” States
The Distinction Between “Unitary” and “Centralized” States
How Much Centralization is Good?
Constitutions and Guarantees of Rights
“Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law”
Example: Constitutional Government in Great Britain
Example: Constitutional Government in Russia

Elections as a Means of Building Support
Elections as a Means of Selecting Leaders and Policies
Electoral Systems
Referendums
Electoral Participation
The Paradox of Voting
Effects of Choice and Information on Turnout
The Bases of Individuals’ Electoral Choices
Example: Proportional Representation Elections in Israel
Example: Elections in Nigeria

The Political Party
Origins of the Modern Party
Political Parties and the Mobilization of the Masses
Political Parties and the Recruitment and Socialization of Leaders
Political Parties as a Source of Political Identity
Political Parties as a Channel of Control
Party Organization
Party Finance
Political Party Systems
Power and Choice
Example: The Communist Party of China
Example: Canada’s Political Parties

Interest Groups and Representation
Types of Interest Groups
Tactics of Interest Groups
Patterns of Organized Interest-Group Activity
Pluralism
Neocorporatism
Power and Choice
Example: Interest Groups in France
Example: Interest Groups in Japan: Attenuated Neocorporatism

Why Now?
Social Movements as a Public Goods Problem
Advantages (and Disadvantages) of Informal Organization
Example: The Rubber Tappers of Acre
Example: The “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine

Head of State
The Cabinet
Cabinet Control
What Does A Parliament Do?
Parliamentary Committees
Advantages and Disadvantages of Parliamentary Government
Let's Make Sure I Haven't Made This Sound Too Simple
Parliaments in Autocratic Systems
Example: Parliamentary Government in India
Example: Parliamentary Government in Germany

Presidential and Parliamentary Systems Compared
Responsibility for Policy
Presidential Systems and Comprehensive Policy
Recruitment of Executive Leaders
Flexibility of the Political Process
The Split Executive of Parliamentary Systems
Why Aren’t All Democracies parliamentary Systems?
Constitutional Review and the Fragmentation of Power
A Note on Constitutions and Power
Example: Presidential Hybrid in France
Example: Presidential Government in Mexico

Public Administration as a Political Problem
Characteristics of Good Public Administration
“Bureaucracy”: A Reform of the Nineteenth Century
Bureaucracy Versus Flexibility
The Problem of Protected Incompetence
Adjustments to Bureaucracy
Social Representativeness of Public Administration
Example: The French Bureaucracy
Example: Bureaucratic Cultures in Europe and Africa

Anglo-Saxon Case Law
Continental European Code Law
The Blending of Case Law and Code Law
Religious Law: The Sara
Courts
Example: The Law in China
Example: The European Court of Justice

The Evolution of the International System Since World War II
The World Since the Cold War
International Politics
The Absence of Central Authority
Fiduciary Political Roles and International Morality
Impediments to International Communication
Power and International Politics
The Process of International Politics
Terrorism
Power and Choice in International Politics
Example: An International Failure: Ethnic Conflict in Rwanda
Example: The United Nations
A Personal Note
Appendix: Principles of Political Analysis
Falsifiability
What Makes a Statement Interesting?
Causation and Explanation
Historical Explanation
A Few Common Pitfalls in Analysis
Glossary