Introduction to Politics [Paperback]

• The second edition has sold in excess of 5,500 copies
• Thoroughly revised and updated, also two completely new chapters on global politics
• Clearly structured for course use, each chapter length to suit a week's reading
• Clearly written and accessible, very lucid introduction to political concepts

Preface to the third edition.

Preface to the second edition.

Preface to the third edition.

Part I: The Study of Politics:.

1. The Meaning and Scope of Politics.

2. Approaches and Levels.

3. Key Concepts - 1: Power, Authority and Legitimacy.

4. Key Concepts - 2: Ideology, Interest and Choice.

5. Models in the Study of Politics.

6. Models of Democracy - 1: Alternatives.

7. Models of Democracy - 2: The Debate.

8. The Scope and Responsibility of the State.

Part II: The Context of Politics:.

9. Political Stability.

10. History, Tradition and Myth.

11. The Economic and Social Context of Politics.

Part III: National Politics in Operation:.

12. Party Politics.

13. Group Politics.

14. Executives.

15. Assemblies.

16. Executive-Assembly Relations.

17. Bureaucracies.

18. Laws, Courts and Judges.

19. The Police and the Military.

Part IV: SupranalC(