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100 1 Rom, Mark Carl,|eauthor.
245 10 Introduction to Political Science /|cMark Rom.
264 1 [Place of publication not identified]|bOpenStax|c2022.
264 2 Minneapolis, MN|bOpen Textbook Library.
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490 0 Open textbook library.
505 0 Preface -- Unit 1. Introduction to Political Science --
Chapter 1. What Is Politics and What is Political Science?
-- Introduction -- 1.1 Defining Politics: Who Gets What,
When, Where, How, and Why? -- 1.2 Public Policy, Public
Interest, and Power -- 1.3 Political Science: The
Systematic Study of Politics -- 1.4 Normative Political
Science -- 1.5 Empirical Political Science -- 1.6
Individuals, Groups, Institutions, and International
Relations -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions --
Suggested Readings -- Unit 2. Individuals -- Chapter 2.
Political Behavior is Human Behavior -- Introduction --
2.1 What Goals Should We Seek in Politics? -- 2.2 Why Do
Humans Make the Political Choices That They Do? -- 2.3
Human Behavior Is Partially Predictable -- 2.4 The
Importance of Context for Political Decisions -- Summary -
- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings --
Chapter 3. Political Ideology -- Introduction -- 3.1 The
Classical Origins of Western Political Ideologies -- 3.2
The Laws of Nature and the Social Contract -- 3.3 The
Development of Varieties of Liberalism -- 3.4 Nationalism,
Communism, Fascism, and Authoritarianism -- 3.5
Contemporary Democratic Liberalism -- 3.6 Contemporary
Ideologies Further to the Political Left -- 3.7
Contemporary Ideologies Further to the Political Right --
3.8 Political Ideologies That Reject Political Ideology:
Scientific Socialism, Burkeanism, and Religious Extremism
-- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested
Readings -- Chapter 4. Civil Liberties -- Introduction --
4.1 The Freedom of the Individual -- 4.2 Constitutions and
Individual Liberties -- 4.3 The Right to Privacy, Self-
Determination, and the Freedom of Ideas -- 4.4 Freedom of
Movement -- 4.5 The Rights of the Accused -- 4.6 The Right
to a Healthy Environment -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review
Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 5. Political
Participation and Public Opinion -- Introduction -- 5.1
What Is Political Participation? -- 5.2 What Limits Voter
Participation in the United States? -- 5.3 How Do
Individuals Participate Other Than Voting? -- 5.4 What Is
Public Opinion and Where Does It Come From? -- 5.5 How Do
We Measure Public Opinion? -- 5.6 Why Is Public Opinion
Important? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions --
Suggested Readings -- Unit 3. Groups -- Chapter 6. The
Fundamentals of Group Political Activity -- Introduction -
- 6.1 Political Socialization: The Ways People Become
Political -- 6.2 Political Culture: How People Express
Their Political Identity -- 6.3 Collective Dilemmas:
Making Group Decisions -- 6.4 Collective Action Problems:
The Problem of Incentives -- 6.5 Resolving Collective
Action Problems -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review
Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 7. Civil Rights
-- Introduction -- 7.1 Civil Rights and Constitutionalism
-- 7.2 Political Culture and Majority-Minority Relations -
- 7.3 Civil Rights Abuses -- 7.4 Civil Rights Movements --
7.5 How Do Governments Bring About Civil Rights Change? --
Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested
Readings -- Chapter 8. Interest Groups, Political Parties,
and Elections -- Introduction -- 8.1 What Is an Interest
Group? -- 8.2 What Are the Pros and Cons of Interest
Groups? -- 8.3 Political Parties -- 8.4 What Are the
Limits of Parties? -- 8.5 What Are Elections and Who
Participates? -- 8.6 How Do People Participate in
Elections? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions --
Suggested Readings -- Unit 4. Institutions -- Chapter 9.
Legislation -- Introduction -- 9.1 What Do Legislatures
Do? -- 9.2 What Is the Difference between Parliamentary
and Presidential Systems? -- 9.3 What Is the Difference
between Unicameral and Bicameral Systems? -- 9.4 The
Decline of Legislative Influence -- Summary -- Key Terms -
- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 10.
Executives, Cabinets, and Bureaucracies -- Introduction --
10.1 Democracies: Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-
Presidential Regimes -- 10.2 The Executive in Presidential
Regimes -- 10.3 The Executive in Parliamentary Regimes --
10.4 Advantages, Disadvantages, and Challenges of
Presidential and Parliamentary Regimes -- 10.5 Semi-
Presidential Regimes -- 10.6 How Do Cabinets Function in
Presidential and Parliamentary Regimes? -- 10.7 What Are
the Purpose and Function of Bureaucracies? -- Summary --
Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings --
Chapter 11. Courts and Law -- Introduction -- 11.1 What Is
the Judiciary? -- 11.2 How Does the Judiciary Take Action?
-- 11.3 Types of Legal Systems around the World -- 11.4
Criminal versus Civil Laws -- 11.5 Due Process and
Judicial Fairness -- 11.6 Judicial Review versus Executive
Sovereignty -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions --
Suggested Readings -- Chapter 12. The Media --
Introduction -- 12.1 The Media as a Political Institution:
Why Does It Matter? -- 12.2 Types of Media and the
Changing Media Landscape -- 12.3 How Do Media and
Elections Interact? -- 12.4 The Internet and Social Media
-- 12.5 Declining Global Trust in the Media -- Summary --
Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings --
Unit 5. States and International Relations -- Chapter 13.
Governing Regimes -- Introduction -- 13.1 Contemporary
Government Regimes: Power, Legitimacy, and Authority --
13.2 Categorizing Contemporary Regimes -- 13.3 Recent
Trends: Illiberal Representative Regimes -- Summary -- Key
Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter
14. International Relations -- Introduction -- 14.1 What
Is Power, and How Do We Measure It? -- 14.2 Understanding
the Different Types of Actors in the International System
-- 14.3 Sovereignty and Anarchy -- 14.4 Using Levels of
Analysis to Understand Conflict -- 14.5 The Realist
Worldview -- 14.6 The Liberal and Social Worldview -- 14.7
Critical Worldviews -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review
Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 15.
International Law and International Organizations --
Introduction -- 15.1 The Problem of Global Governance --
15.2 International Law -- 15.3 The United Nations and
Global Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) -- 15.4 How
Do Regional IGOs Contribute to Global Governance? -- 15.5
Non-state Actors: Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) --
15.6 Non-state Actors beyond NGOs -- Summary -- Key Terms
-- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 16.
International Political Economy -- Introduction -- 16.1
The Origins of International Political Economy -- 16.2 The
Advent of the Liberal Economy -- 16.3 The Bretton Woods
Institutions -- 16.4 The Post-Cold War Period and
Modernization Theory -- 16.5 From the 1990s to the 2020s:
Current Issues in IPE -- 16.6 Considering Poverty,
Inequality, and the Environmental Crisis -- Summary -- Key
Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings --
References -- Index
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