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An Introduction to Politics

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An Introduction to Politics

All life is politics. This text will attempt to demystify the political world, and make it relevant by showing how things actually work and why—how political systems divide the spoils and spread the burdens of civilized life; how economic and political systems intersect; and how approaches to politics have evolved to bring us where we are today.

Political Science and CivicsSocial Sciences
Author
T. M. Sell
Publisher
Highline College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 53 sections
  1. 01: Politics and Power
  2. 1.01: Do We Need a Government?
  3. 1.02: A (Very) Brief History of Government
  4. 1.03: You Don’t Care About Government, and Maybe You Should
  5. 02: Political Philosophy- Taking a Theorem to Keep From Getting Thick
  6. 2.01: What’s the Big Idea?
  7. 2.02: From Antiquity to Modernity
  8. 2.03: From Modernity to Today
  9. 03: Ideologies and Isms
  10. 3.01: Liberalism
  11. 3.02: Alternatives to Liberalism
  12. 04: Types of Governments- A Republic or a Democracy
  13. 4.01: Direct Democracy
  14. 4.02: Indirect Democracy
  15. 4.03: Constitutions
  16. 4.04: Divisions of Power
  17. 05: Citizens and Politics
  18. 5.01: Political Culture
  19. 5.02: Media
  20. 5.03: Interest Groups
  21. 5.04: Public Opinion
  22. 06: Voting and Elections
  23. 6.01: Voting
  24. 6.02: Electoral Systems
  25. 6.03: Political Parties
  26. 07: The Building Blocks of Government
  27. 7.01: Legislatures
  28. 7.02: Executives
  29. 7.03: Courts
  30. 7.04: Sub-National Governments
  31. 7.05: Bureaucracy
  32. 08: Eee Economics Economic Systems and Economic Policy
  33. 8.01: Recessions and Depressions
  34. 8.02: Summary
  35. 8.03: Different Economic Systems
  36. 8.04: Basic Economics
  37. 8.05: The Other Side of Markets
  38. 8.06: How Politics and Markets Intersect
  39. 8.07: Measuring the Economy- GDP and Inflation
  40. 8.08: Government and the Economy
  41. 8.09: Budgets and Fiscal Policy
  42. 8.10: Monetary Policy
  43. 8.11: Regulation
  44. 09: International Relations
  45. 9.01: The Challenges of the State System
  46. 9.02: Theories of International Relations
  47. 9.03: The Problem of Morality
  48. 9.04: Post-Cold War International Relations
  49. 9.05: The Nuclear Question Revisited
  50. 10: Applying What Youve Learned- Three Issues
  51. 10.01: Trade
  52. 10.02: Debt and Deficits
  53. 10.03: The Environment