List of Tables, Figures, and PhotosList of ExamplesPrefacePART I THE IDEA OF POLITICS1 Politics: Setting the Stage2 Modern Ideologies and Political PhilosophyPART II THE STATE AND PUBLIC POLICY3 The Modern State4 Policies of the State5 Economic Policy of the State6 What Lies Behind Policy: Questions of Justice and EffectivenessPART III THE CITIZEN AND THE REGIME7 Democracies and Authoritarian Systems8 Political Culture and Political SocializationPART IV THE APPARATUS OF GOVERNANCE9 Constitutions and the Design of Government10 Elections11 Parties: A Linking and Leading Mechanism in Politics12 Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics13 Social Movements and Contentious Politics14 National Decision-Making Institutions: Parliamentary Government15 National Decision-Making Institutions: Presidential Government16 Bureaucracy and the Public Sector17 Law and the CourtsPART V INTERNATIONAL POLITICS18 Global Politics: Politics among States (and Others)Appendix: Principles of Political AnalysisGlossaryNotesIndex