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Political Science
A Global Perspective

First Edition


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
 
8. Government, Parliaments, Judiciary
 
9. Public administration and public policies
 
Part IV: Meso- and Micro-politics
 
10. Political participation, social movements, protests, revolutions
 
11. Political Communication, Media
 
12. Interest Groups
 
13. Political Parties
 
14. Elections and electoral behavior
 
Part V: International Politics
 
15. The globalization of inter-national politics
 
16. Regionalism and beyond
 
Glossary
 
Bibliography
 
Index

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