Shively, W. Phillips,  1942- <br/><br/>
Power & choice :  an introduction to political science / 
 Power and choice 
W. Phillips Shively. 
 - Seventh edition 
 - x, 422 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-417) 
<br/><br/>	Part 1 Introduction --<br/>Politics: setting the stage --<br/>Modern ideologies and political philosophy --<br/>Part II The state and public policy --<br/>The modern state --<br/>Policies of the state --<br/>Political economy of the state --<br/>Political choices: the problems of fairness and efficiency --<br/>Part III The citizen and the regime --<br/>Authority and legitimacy: the state and the citizen --<br/>Democracy and its recent surge in the world --<br/>Autocratic government --<br/>Part IV The apparatus of governance --<br/>Election 213 --<br/>Parties: a linking and leading mechanism in politics 234 --<br/>Structure conflict: interest groups and politics --<br/>National decision-making institutions: parliamentary government --<br/>National decision-making institutions: presidential government --<br/>Bureaucracy and the public sector --<br/>Law and the courts --<br/>Part V International politics --<br/>Global politics: politics among states (and others). 
<br/><br/> This text is an introduction to the major concepts and themes of political science. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0072322527 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00022123  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA66  / .S47 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320