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| To the Student | |
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| To the Teacher | |
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| Welcome to Political Science | |
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| The Creative Study of Politics | |
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| Politics and Political Science | |
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| Political Science as Creativity | |
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| Four Millenniums of Thinking About Politics | |
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| Political Science as the Continuing Creative Search for Truth | |
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| The Era of Myth | |
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| The Era of Politics | |
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| The Era of Philosophy | |
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| The Era of Theology | |
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| The Era of History | |
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| The Era of Science | |
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| The Era of Eclecticism | |
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| Current Approaches to Studying Politics | |
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| Basic Problems and Challenges for the Science of Politics | |
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| Gabriel Almond's Schools and Sects of Political Science | |
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| Postmodernism and Political Science | |
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| Some Quantitative Methods in Political Science | |
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| The Basics of Scientific Knowledge | |
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| The Basics of Social Science Research | |
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| Content Analysis | |
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| Experiments | |
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| Nonexperimental Designs | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Direct Observation | |
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| Focus Groups | |
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| A Handbook of Style for Political Science | |
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| Writing as Communication | |
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| Writing to Learn | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Writing Competently | |
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| Grammar and Style | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Paper Formats | |
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| General Page Formats | |
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| Tables, Illustrations, Figures, and Appendixes | |
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| Text | |
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| Citing Sources | |
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| The APSA Author-Date System | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Conducting Research in Political Science | |
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| Organizing the Research Process | |
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| Gaining Control of the Research Process | |
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| Effective Research Methods | |
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| How to Conduct a Literature Review | |
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| Library Information Resources | |
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| Reference Books | |
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| Periodical Indexes | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Government Agencies | |
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| Private Research Organizations | |
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| List of Political Science Periodicals | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Writing Resources on the Internet | |
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| Politics and Government Resources on the Internet | |
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| Political Science Resources on the Internet | |
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| Assessing the Quality of Internet Resources | |
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| Critical Thinking and Acting in Politics | |
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| Book Reviews and Article Critiques | |
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| Book Reviews | |
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| Article Critiques | |
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| Writing to Communicate and Act | |
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| Letters to Newspaper Editors | |
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| Op-ed Essays | |
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| Letters to Elected Representatives | |
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| Table of Forms of Proper Address Formats | |
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| Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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| An Introduction to the Observation of Politics | |
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| An Exercise in Observation: Campaign Commercials | |
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| Directions for Writing an Allegory Analysis | |
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| Allegory 1: Plato's Philosopher King | |
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| Allegory 2: Rawls' Veil of Ignorance | |
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| Allegory 3: Foucault's Panopticon | |
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| Elementary Policy Analysis: Position Papers | |
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| What is a Position Paper? | |
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| Selecting Topics for Position Papers | |
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| Conducting Research for Position Papers | |
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| Contents of Position Papers | |
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| Papers Throughout Political Science | |
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| Analytical Papers in American Government and International Relations | |
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| Preliminary Choices for Research Papers in Political Science | |
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| Steps in Writing Analytical Papers | |
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| Comparing Governments | |
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| How Governments are Compared | |
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| Elements of Comparative Politics Paper | |
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| Policy Analysis Papers | |
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| The Basics of Policy Analysis | |
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| Policy Analysis Research Proposals | |
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| Policy Analysis Papers | |
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| Amicus Curiae Briefs | |
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| How to Write Amicus Curiae Briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court | |
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| Resources for Writing an Amicus Curiae Brief | |
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| Public Opinion Survey Papers | |
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| The Scope and Purpose of a Survey Paper | |
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| Steps in Writing a Survey Paper | |
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| Elements of a Public Opinion Survey Paper | |
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| Glossary of Political Science Terms | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |