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Test Bank for Political Science Today 1st Edition Cobb
Downloadable Instructor Test Bank for Political Science Today 1st Edition By Wendy N. Whitman Cobb, ISBN: 9781544336442
Table Of Content
APPROACH TO THE BOOK
SUPPORT FOR INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
HISTORY
IS POLITICAL SCIENCE A SCIENCE?
MAJOR CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
PLAN OF THE BOOK
CHAPTER SUMMARY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUANTITATIVE METHODS
QUALITATIVE METHODS
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
CASE STUDY: DEMOCRACIES AND CONFLICT
CHAPTER SUMMARY
THE ANCIENTS TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
CHALLENGES TO LIBERALISM
CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
THE STATE OF POLITICAL THEORY TODAY
CASE STUDY: JUSTICE AND TAXES
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSTITUTIONS
SYSTEMS OF LAW
THE COURT SYSTEM
CASE STUDY: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND COURTS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
CASE STUDY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT
PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
CASE STUDY: FRANCE’S HYBRID SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
POLITICAL PARTIES AND DUVERGER’S LAW
CHAPTER SUMMARY
ROLES OF THE MEDIA
SHAPING AND MAKING THE NEWS
MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD
CASE STUDY: MEDIA IN RUSSIA
THE INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
CONGRESS
THE PRESIDENCY
THE COURTS
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
CASE STUDY: THE TRUMP TRAVEL BAN
CHAPTER SUMMARY
THE COMPARATIVE METHOD
THE STATE
CASE STUDY: IS ISIS A STATE?
DEMOCRACY
GLOBALIZATION
COMMUNISM AND POSTCOMMUNISM
AUTHORITARIANISM
DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CASE STUDY: INDIA
NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
CASE STUDY: YEMEN
CHAPTER SUMMARY
REALISM
LIBERALISM
CASE STUDY: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE UNITED NATIONS
CONSTRUCTIVISM
FEMINISM
WAR AND PEACE
CASE STUDY: THE UNITED STATES AND IRAQ
CHAPTER SUMMARY
WHAT DOES POLITICS HAVE TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY?
TYPES OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
CASE STUDY: GERMANY
GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY
CASE STUDY: DOES DEMOCRACY CAUSE CAPITALISM, OR DOES CAPITALISM CAUSE DEMOCRACY? THE CASE OF CHINA
CHAPTER SUMMARY
STAGES OF THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS
PATTERNS OF POLICY CHANGE
POLICY ACTORS AND TYPES OF POLICIES
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
CASE STUDY: GUNS, BUMP STOCKS, AND REGULATORY FIXES
CHAPTER SUMMARY
