Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions, and Issues - Softcover

Magstadt, Thomas M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495797766 ISBN 13: 9780495797760

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2010

Synopsis

With its strong, engaging "politics are pertinent" theme and current, cutting-edge coverage, UNDERSTANDING POLITICS: IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS, AND ISSUES, is the proven best-selling text for the introduction to political science course. Thomas Magstadt fascinates students with his coverage of three fundamental premises: 1) politics is a pervasive force in modern society; 2) government is too important to be left in the hands of a few; and 3) in a democracy, everyone has both the opportunity and the obligation to participate in public life. The Ninth Edition focuses on such vital concepts as democracy, dictatorship, citizenship, voting behavior, elections, leadership, ideologies, war, revolution, world politics, and public policy--fundamental concepts that provide students with a view of politics and economics that is at once lucid, nuanced, and empowering.

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Review

"To me, this book stands out in its combination of the theoretical and the empirical. Some other introductory texts are more comparative, some more theoretical, but this one blends them well, and that is hard to do. My students like this book and find it interesting and accessible. So I suppose my answer here is that this book is the best in its little niche."Stephen Robertson, Middle Tennessee State University

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495797766
• ISBN 13: 9780495797760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 700