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Published: 
October 2013
Page Count: 
250
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-5714-9

An Introduction to Politics

Version 1.0
By T.M. Sell

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An Introduction to Politics, vol. 1.0

 

T.M. Sell

T.M. Sell's goals in writing An Introduction to Politics were simple:

    • Provide students with a basic outline of politics, what it means and how it works
    • Demonstrate to students how politics matters in their lives
    • Provide faculty with a fully developed teaching package to enable that goal.

    This textbook is suitable for these courses: Political Science, U.S. Government

    This textbook is suitable for 2 and 4 year institutions.

    PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES:

      • SIMPLICITY:

        • An Introduction to Politics is a little more brief and concise than similar textbooks currently on the market, yet it is just as thorough. Because this is usually a first-year course, overloading a textbook can lead to students giving up on the book.

      • RELEVANCY:

        • Some students need to be convinced that politics matters in their lives. This book presents the material in a way that shows how this is relevant to them and why politics matters. to each concept and idea.

  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dedication
  • Preface

    • Chapter 1: Politics and Power

  • 1.1 All Life Is Politics
  • 1.2 Do We Need a Government?
  • 1.3 A (Very) Brief History of Government

    • Chapter 2: Political Philosophy: Taking a Theorem to Keep from Getting Thick

  • 2.1 What’s the Big Idea?
  • 2.2 From Antiquity to Modernity
  • 2.3 From Modernity to the Present

    • Chapter 3: Ideologies and Isms

  • 3.1 Liberalism
  • 3.2 Alternatives to Liberalism
  • 3.3 Postmodern Isms

    • Chapter 4: Types of Governments: A Republic or a Democracy?

  • 4.1 Direct Democracy
  • 4.2 Indirect Democracy
  • 4.3 Constitutions
  • 4.4 Divisions of Power

    • Chapter 5: Citizens and Politics

  • 5.1 Political Culture
  • 5.2 Media
  • 5.3 Interest Groups
  • 5.4 Public Opinion

    • Chapter 6: Voting and Elections

  • 6.1 Voting
  • 6.2 Political Parties
  • 6.3 Electoral Systems

    • Chapter 7: The Building Blocks of Government

  • 7.1 Legislatures
  • 7.2 Executives
  • 7.3 Courts
  • 7.4 Subnational Governments
  • 7.5 Bureaucracy

    • Chapter 8: Eee! Economics, Economic Systems, and Economic Policy

  • 8.1 Different Economic Systems
  • 8.2 Basic Economics
  • 8.3 How Politics and Markets Intersect
  • 8.4 Measuring the Economy: GDP and Inflation
  • 8.5 Government and the Economy
  • 8.6 Budgets and Fiscal Policy

    • Chapter 9: International Relations

  • 9.1 The Challenges of the State System
  • 9.2 Theories of International Relations
  • 9.3 The Problem of Morality
  • 9.4 Post–Cold War International Relations
  • 9.5 The Nuclear Question, Revisited

    • Chapter 10: Applying What You’ve Learned: Three Issues

  • 10.1 Trade
  • 10.2 Debt and Deficits
  • 10.3 The Environment

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    T.M. Sell Highline College

    T.M. Sell spent twenty years as a working journalist covering business, the economy, and politics, before finishing his Ph.D. and taking up teaching. He also worked for several years as a staff member in the Washington state legislature. He is a past president of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, a former Washington Civic Educator of the Year, and a successful playwright. He currently teaches political science, economics, and journalism at Highline College near Seattle.
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