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Yes, you can access Political Science by Leonardo Morlino,Dirk Berg-Schlosser,Bertrand Badie in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Year

2017

ISBN

9781526413017

Edition

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Politics

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Half Title
Publisher Note
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
Sidebar List
About the Authors
Preface
Introduction: Origins of political science and basic definition
Part I Background
1 Epistemological and methodological foundations and approaches
2 Research designs and methods
3 Relationship with neighbouring disciplines
Part II Macro-politics
4 The social bases of politics
5 Democracies
6 Democratization
7 Non-Democratic Regimes
Part III Governance
8 Government, Parliament and Judiciary
9 Public Policies and Public Administration
Part IV Meso- and Micro-Politics
10 Political Participation, Social Movements, Protests, Revolutions
11 Political Communication and Media
12 Interest Groups
13 Political Parties
14 Elections and Electoral Behaviour
Part V International Politics
15 The Globalization of International Politics
16 Regionalism and Beyond
Glossary
References
Index