Political Science category: 78432 books
Popular Government in the United States
Foundations and Principles
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Political theory consists in clarification of language and concepts, in description and analysis of institutions and behavior, and in appraisal and evaluation of political events. Hyneman's theory is not one of the behavioral or functional varieties that rely on special language and concepts drawn...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
The media plays an intricate role in the political economy of developing nations as it conveys the social issues and impacts of a government’s legislation and policy. However, information is often miscommunicated or biased in emergent economies as media owners often tailor news and advertisements...
Simulations of Decision-Making as Active Learning Tools
Design and Effects of Political Science Simulations
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
This volume brings together both political and educational scientists. While educational research literature has so far not systematically addressed the tool of simulations of decision-making, political scientists have hardly used insights from research on assessment or on motivation and interest...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Whether post-modern or pre-industrial, the economic development of societies around the world is often influenced by the whims of a capricious international political environment. Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy investigates the impact of diverse cultures on the development...
Interdisciplinary Studies of the Political Order
New Applications of Public Choice Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2019
The political process focuses on the ways that people come together to engage in collective decision making in a variety of contexts. The central elements of the political process include: the formation of rules, the subsequent interactions that take place within those rules, and the evolution of...
How Political Actors Use the Media
A Functional Analysis of the Media’s Role in Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
This book investigates how individual politicians and political parties strategically make use of the media to reach their political goals. Looking beyond a purely Americentric viewpoint, the chapters present data from more than ten Western democracies to argue that the media are both a source of...
Environmental Political Thought
Interests, Values and Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most prominent theories, concepts and debates in environmental political thinking. In doing so, Robert Garner – an esteemed scholar in the field – offers a foundation from which readers can better tackle perennially thorny questions such as...
Analyzing American Democracy
Politics and Political Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
This is an introductory American politics text covering the constitutional framework of American government, political behavior and informal institutions, the formal institutions of American government, and a concluding chapter on public policy. Every chapter highlights the most current thinking in...
Freedom and Terror
Reason and Unreason in Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
This book examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism.
Terrorism is often perceived as sheer madness, unreasonable use of extreme violence and senseless, futile political action. These assertions are challenged by this book. Combining ‘traditional’ thought...
by Kimberly Hurd Hale
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Francis Bacon, long considered a minor figure in the founding of modern political thought, is now recognized as one of its foremost thinkers. Bacon not only championed a new type and method of scientific inquiry, he also developed a plan for how modern society could be re-ordered to accommodate and...
Political Categories
Thinking Beyond Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Western philosophy has been dominated by the concept or the idea—the belief that there is one sovereign notion or singular principle that can make reality explicable and bring all that exists under its sway. In modern politics, this role is played by ideology. Left, right, or center, political schools...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior* explores the intersection of psychology, political science, sociology, and human behavior. This encyclopedia integrates theories, research, and case studies from a variety of disciplines that inform this established area of study. Aimed at college and...
The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities
Voters, Parties and Parliaments in Liberal Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
In 2005, almost 700,000 immigrants acquired the citizenship of a member state of the European Union; over 600,000 became US citizens; nearly 100,000 became Australians and approximately 200,000 Canadians. 2005 was not an exceptional year. During the past decades, many advanced liberal democracies...
Aristotle
Democracy and Political Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2018
Today, democracy is seen as the best or even the only legitimate form of government—hardly in need of defense. Delba Winthrop punctures this complacency and takes up the challenge of justifying democracy through Aristotle’s political science. In Aristotle’s time and in ours, democrats want inclusiveness;...