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Political Science
A Global Perspective

First Edition

Leonardo Morlino - LUISS, Italy
Dirk Berg-Schlosser - Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Bertrand Badie - SciencesPo, France

Other Titles in:
International Relations (General) | International Studies | Politics & International Relations

March 2017 | 312 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

From the award-winning team behind the International Encyclopaedia of Political Science...

Moving beyond mainstream “traditional” approaches to bring you a new advanced-level introduction to political science.

A perfect introduction for postgraduates who are new to political science, as well as upper-level undergraduates looking to broaden and deepen their understanding of core topics, this progressive account:

Guides you through all key areas of political science: origins, methodological foundations, key topics, and current issues
Takes an international and pluralist perspective with all issues explored in a comparative way related to different cultural and historical contexts
Includes pulled-out descriptions of major concepts, further reading and self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter.

Preface

Introduction: Origins of political science and definitions

Part I: Background

1. Epistemological foundations and approaches

2. Research designs and methods

3. Relations with neighbouring disciplines

Part II: Macro-politics

4. The social bases of politics

5. Democracies

6. Democratizations

7. Non-democratic regimes

Part III: Governance