Larry Johnston

Politics

An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State

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Produktbeschreibung

The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today's states.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 203mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781442605336
• ISBN-10: 1442605332
• Artikelnr.: 34761946

Autorenporträt

Larry Johnston is the author of Ideologies: An Analytic and Conceptual Approach (1996) and Between Transcendence and Nihilism (1995). A legislative researcher in Toronto since 1998, he was an academic consultant to the Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform in 2006. He has taught a variety of politics courses at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and Ryerson University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Introduction: The Dimensions of Politics and an Approach to its Study
What Politics Is...
A Comparative Approach
Chapter 1: Co-operation, Coercion, and Consent—Opening Ideas
Our Social Nature
Authority and Leadership
Civil Society
Beyond the State
Conclusion
References
Further Reading
Chapter 2: The Many Ways of Studying Politics
Politics as Philosophy
Politics as Social Science
Units of Analysis: Individual, Group, or Class?
Politics as Anthropology
Back to Bismarck: Politics and the Study of Politics
References
Further Reading
Chapter 3: From The Republic to the Liberal Republic: History and Ideas
Classical Antiquity
Feudal Society (the Medieval Era)
The Reformation
The Enlightenment
The Market Economy
Synergy
Political Revolution
Liberal Government
Philosophical Works
References
Further Reading
Chapter 4: The Fall and Reluctant Rise of Democracy
Democracy Defined
Distrust of Democracy
From Liberal Government to Liberal Democracy
Assessing Representative Democracy
Democracy's Prospects
Consolidating Democracy
References
Further Reading
Chapter 5: Roadmap to the Rest (A Comparative Framework)
Who's In and Who's Out
Functions, Institutions, Systems
Functions, Institutions, Systems
Functions, Institutions, Systems
The Judiciary as a Branch of Government
Bicameralism—Do Two Houses Make a Home?
Degrees of Federalism
Electoral and Party Systems
Type of Government
Recapping
Appendix: Comparative Data Set
Further Reading
Chapter 6: Systems of Government: Parliamentary Options
Components of Parliamentary Government
Majority, Minority, or Coalition
The Government-Formation Process
The Conclusion of a Government and Its Implications
A Closer Look at Coalition Government
Cabinets: Size and Structure
Executive Dominance
References
Further Reading
Chapter 7: Systems of Government (2): Degrees of Presidentialism
Madisonian Presidentialism
Coalitional Presidentialism in Latin America
Semi-Presidentialism
An Exceptional Case: Switzerland
Conclusion
References
Further Reading
Chapter 8: Dividing the State: Federalism and Other Options
Unitary, Federal, Confederal
Components of Federalism
Asymmetrical Federalism
Bicameralism
Amending Formula
Non-federal Options
References
Further Reading
Chapter 9: Who Wants What? The Political Process
Social Cleavages
Ideology: The Role of Ideas
References
Further Reading
Chapter 10: Who Gets In? The Machinery of Democratic Elections
What Is an Electoral System?
Criteria for Evaluating Electoral Systems
Electoral Systems Considered
Electoral Administration
References
Further Readings
Appendix: Electoral System Data
Chapter 11: Who is Heard? Varieties of Representation
Political Parties
Party Systems
Election Campaigns
Organized Interests
Corporatism
Social Movements
Conclusion
References
Further Readings
Chapter 12: The Official Response: Public Policy and Administration
Two Theories about Public Policy
Who Does What: Examining the Policy Cycle
Types of Policy
The Bureaucracy
References
Further Reading
Chapter 13: The Rule of Law in Practice: The Justice System
The Nature of Law
The Legislative Process
Direct Democracy
Private Law
Administrative Law
Court Systems
Rights
Judicial Review
Automatic Justice?
References
Further Reading
Chapter 14: Governing in an Age of Decline? Social and Economic Policy
The Nature of Capitalist Market Society
Classic Liberalism and Laissez-faire
Models versus Reality
The Reform of Market Capitalism
The Welfare State
The Age of Deficit and Debt
Going Forward
References
Further Reading
Appendix: Economic Statistics
Glossary
Index