Table of contents

Politics: Power, Institutions, and Collective Choice

A rigorous undergraduate path from foundational concepts to confident political analysis

Read each section in order. Every title can be opened as a TheoryTrace document.

• Cover
• Copyright
• How to read this book
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: What Politics Is
• Chapter 2: Power, Authority, and Legitimacy
• Chapter 3: The State and Sovereignty
• Chapter 4: Political Order and Political Development
• Chapter 5: Political Ideas and Ideologies
• Chapter 6: Justice, Rights, and the Common Good
• Chapter 7: Constitutions and the Rule of Law
• Chapter 8: Democracy and Representation
• Chapter 9: Authoritarianism and Hybrid Regimes
• Chapter 10: Political Institutions
• Chapter 11: Elections and Electoral Systems
• Chapter 12: Parties and Party Systems
• Chapter 13: Voters, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior
• Chapter 14: Interest Groups, Social Movements, and Civil Society
• Chapter 15: Media, Information, and Political Communication
• Chapter 16: Public Policy and Governance
• Chapter 17: Political Economy
• Chapter 18: Identity, Cleavages, and Conflict
• Chapter 19: Violence, Revolution, and Civil War
• Chapter 20: International Politics
• Chapter 21: Comparative Politics in Practice
• Chapter 22: Research Methods for Political Analysis
• Chapter 23: Contemporary Challenges to Politics
• Chapter 24: Thinking Politically
• Conclusion