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List of illustrative material | |
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Preface | |
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Guide to learning features | |
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Guide to profiles | |
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Studying Politics | |
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Political concepts | |
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What is politics? | |
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Government or governance? | |
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Classifying governments | |
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Power | |
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Authority and legitimacy | |
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The state and sovereignty | |
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Nations and nationalism | |
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Ideology | |
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Left and right | |
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Learning resources | |
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Theoretical approaches | |
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The institutional approach | |
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The behavioural approach | |
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The structural approach | |
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The rational choice approach | |
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The interpretive approach | |
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Conclusion | |
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Learning resources | |
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Research strategies | |
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Case studies | |
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Comparative studies | |
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Qualitative comparisons | |
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Quantitative analysis | |
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Historical analysis | |
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Learning resources | |
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States and Regimes | |
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The state | |
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Emergence, expansion and restructuring | |
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Security and surveillance | |
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The post-colonial state | |
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Collapsed states and state building | |
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Beyond the state | |
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Learning resources | |
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Democracy | |
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Direct democracy | |
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Deliberative democracy | |
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Representative democracy | |
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Liberal and illiberal democracy | |
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Waves of democratization | |
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Learning resources | |
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Authoritarian rule | |
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The nature of authoritarian rule | |
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Personal despots | |
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Monarchs | |
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Political parties | |
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Presidents | |
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Armed forces | |
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Religious leaders | |
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Learning resources | |
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Political Mobilization | |
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Political Culutre | |
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Studying political culture | |
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Political trust and social capital | |
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Generational analysis and postmaterialism | |
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Political culture in authoritarian states | |
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Political culture in illiberal democracies | |
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Elite political culture | |
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A clash of civilizations | |
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Learning resources | |
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Political communication | |
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Media development | |
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Media structures | |
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Media impact | |
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Public opinion | |
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The media in authoritarian states | |
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The media in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Political participation | |
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Participation in liberal democracies | |
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Social movements | |
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Participation in political violence | |
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Participation in authoritarian states | |
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Participation in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Elections and voters | |
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Scope and franchise | |
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Electing legislatures | |
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Electing presidents | |
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The referendum, initiative and recall | |
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Turnout | |
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Voting behaviour | |
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Elections in authoritarian states | |
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Elections in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Political parties | |
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Party organization and membership | |
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Selecting candidates and leaders | |
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Membership and finance | |
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The waning social base | |
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Party systems | |
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Parties in authoritarian states | |
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Parties in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Interest groups | |
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Classifying interest groups | |
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Interest groups in liberal democracies | |
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Channels of influence | |
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Conditions of influence | |
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Interest groups in authoritarian states | |
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Interest groups in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Government and Governance | |
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Constitutions and law | |
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Constitutions | |
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Judicial review and constitutional courts | |
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Judicial activism | |
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Judicial independence and recruitment | |
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Administrative law | |
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Law in authoritarian states | |
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Law in illiberal democracies | |
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Legal pluralism | |
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Learning resources | |
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Multilevel governance | |
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Introducing multilevel governance | |
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Federalism | |
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The European Union: a special case | |
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Unitary states | |
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Regional governance | |
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Local government | |
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Central-local relations in authoritarian states | |
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Central-local relations in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Legislatures | |
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Structure | |
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Functions | |
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Committees | |
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Membership | |
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Legislatures in authoritarian states | |
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Legislatures in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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The political executive | |
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Presidential government | |
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Parliamentary government | |
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Semi-presidential government | |
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The executive of the European Union | |
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The executive in authoritarian states | |
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The executive in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Public management | |
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Evolution | |
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Recruitment | |
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Organization | |
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Accountability | |
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New public management | |
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Public management in authoritarian states | |
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Public management in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Public Policy | |
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The policy process | |
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Models of policy-making | |
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Stages of the policy process | |
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Policy instruments | |
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Regulation | |
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Public policy in authoritarian states | |
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Public policy in illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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Political economy | |
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Foundations | |
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Varities of capitalism | |
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Convergence? | |
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The political economies of authoritarian states | |
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The political economies of illiberal democracies | |
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Learning resources | |
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References | |
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Index | |