Understanding Democratic Politics
eBook - PDF

Understanding Democratic Politics

An Introduction

  1. 340 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Understanding Democratic Politics

An Introduction

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. PART I - Concepts
  6. 1 Sovereignty
  7. 2 Constitutionalism
  8. 3 Human Rights and Democracy
  9. 4 Justice, Equality, Liberty
  10. 5 Power, Authority, Legitimacy
  11. 6 Representative and Direct Democracy
  12. 7 Majoritarianism – Consociationalism
  13. 8 Pluralism – Difference
  14. 9 Civil Society –National and Global
  15. 10 Class – Elites
  16. PART II Institutions and Political Behaviour
  17. 11 The Territorial State
  18. 12 Government, Civil Service and Public Policies
  19. 13 Parliaments
  20. 14 Parties and Party Systems
  21. 15 Elections and Electoral Systems
  22. 16 Interest Groups
  23. 17 Social Movements
  24. 18 Political Participation
  25. 19 Social Capital
  26. 20 The Welfare State and Democracy
  27. 21 Cyber-democracy
  28. 22 Democratic Citizenship in the Age of Globalization
  29. PART III Ideologies a nd Movements
  30. 23 Liberalism
  31. 24 Conservatism
  32. 25 Socialism – Marxism
  33. 26 Anarchism and Democracy
  34. 27 Nationalism
  35. 28 Contemporary Right-wing Extremism
  36. 29 Feminism
  37. 30 Environmentalism
  38. 31 Democracy and the Islamist Paradox
  39. 32 Cosmopolitanism
  40. Index