Understanding Democratic Politics: An IntroductionRoland Axtmann SAGE, 2003 M02 17 - 340 páginas This textbook is designed for first-time students of politics. It provides an ideal introduction and survey to the key themes and issues central to the study of democratic politics today. The text is structured around three major parts: concepts, institutions and political behaviour; and ideologies and movements. Within each section a series of short and accessible chapters serve to both introduce the key ideas, institutional forms and ideological conflicts central to the study of democratic politics and provide a platform for further, in-depth studies. Each chapter contains a ′bullet-point′ summary, a guide to further reading, and a set of questions for tutorial discussion. Designed and written for an undergraduate readership, Understanding Democratic Politics: An Introduction will become an essential guide and companion to all students of politics throughout their university degree. |
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4 Justice Equality Liberty | 31 |
5 Power Authority Legitimacy | 41 |
6 Representative and Direct Democracy | 52 |
7 Majoritarianism Consociationalism | 61 |
8 Pluralism Difference | 72 |
18 Political Participation | 174 |
19 Social Capital | 187 |
20 The Welfare State and Democracy | 196 |
21 Cyberdemocracy | 207 |
22 Democratic Citizenship in the Age of Globalization | 217 |
PART III Ideologies a nd Movements | 229 |
23 Liberalism | 231 |
24 Conservatism | 242 |
9 Civil Society National and Global | 82 |
10 Class Elites | 93 |
PART II Institutions and Political Behaviour | 103 |
11 The Territorial State | 105 |
12 Government Civil Service and Public Policies | 114 |
13 Parliaments | 124 |
14 Parties and Party Systems | 134 |
15 Elections and Electoral Systems | 143 |
16 Interest Groups | 154 |
17 Social Movements | 164 |
25 Socialism Marxism | 251 |
26 Anarchism and Democracy | 261 |
27 Nationalism | 271 |
28 Contemporary Rightwing Extremism | 280 |
29 Feminism | 291 |
30 Environmentalism | 300 |
31 Democracy and the Islamist Paradox | 311 |
32 Cosmopolitanism | 321 |
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