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- Unbranded
- Subject Area
- Social Science, Political Science
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- Subject
- Political Process / Media & Internet, Popular Culture, General
- ISBN
- 9781506368658
- Publication Name
- Novel Approach to Politics : Introducing Political Science Through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture
- Publisher
- CQ Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 536 Pages
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A Novel Approach to Politicsturns conventional textbook wisdom on its headby using pop culture references to illustrate key concepts and cover recent political events. This is a textbook you will want to read. Adopters of previous editions from schools all over the country are thanking author Douglas A. Van Belle for some of their best student evaluations to date. With this Fifth Edition, Douglas A. Van Belle brings the book fully up to date with recent events such asTrump's executive orders on immigration, the 2016 elections in the US, current policy debates including recent court decisions that may affect gerrymandering, international happenings such as Brexit, and other assorted intergalactic matters. Van Belle adds a wealth of new and recent movies and books to the text, as he illustrates key concepts in political science through examples that captivate you. Employing a wide range of references from 1984to Game of Thronesto House of Cards, students are given a solid foundation in institutions, ideology, and economics. To keep things grounded, the textbook nuts and bolts are still there to aid students, including chapter objectives, chapter summaries, bolded key terms, and discussion questions.
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Publisher
CQ Press
ISBN-10
1506368654
ISBN-13
9781506368658
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239948521
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
536 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Novel Approach to Politics : Introducing Political Science Through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Political Process / Media & Internet, Popular Culture, General
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
5
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2017-037936
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
A Novel Approach to Politics is an easy-to-read, entertaining, basic introduction to political science that covers the key concepts, theories, and thinkers of the discipline with relatable examples and illustrations from fiction and pop culture. Van Belle's humor sets his text apart, making learning about political science 'cool' and 'entertaining' for the nerdy and non-nerdy alike., A Novel Approach to Politics is an easy-to-read, entertaining, basic introduction to political sciencethat covers the key concepts, theories, and thinkers of the discipline with relatable examples and illustrations from fiction and pop culture. Van Belle's humor sets his text apart, making learning about political science 'cool' and 'entertaining' for the nerdy and non-nerdy alike., Douglas Van Bell's A Novel Approach to Politicsis a "useful and handy textbookfor...beginners" with "good examples" and "simple definitions."
Dewey Decimal
320
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Lc Classification Number
Ja66.V28 2018
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Introducing the Ancient Debate: The Ideal Versus the RealClassical Theory, Modern Reality, and StuffYou're Just a Mime Trapped in an Invisible BoxFiction as a Tool for Exploring PoliticsUtopias in Fiction and PoliticsIdeologiesWhat Is Politics?What Is Political Science?Chapter 2: Why Government? Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group DynamicsSecurity Trumps Anarchy, Rock Smashes Scissors, But Will Someone Please Explain How Paper Beats Rock?A Model for the Emergence of Cooperation: Bobsville Collective Action Security Power Anarchy The Context of HierarchyAlliancesGroups and Group IdentitiesChapter 3: Governing Society: We Know Who You AreLeadership Benefits The Panopticon Collective Action, Revolution, and the Use of Force Legitimacy and Government Control Chapter 4: Government's Role in the Economy: The Offer You Can't RefuseGovernment All Up In Your Business, Yo The Tragedy of the Commons Karl Marx--Student of Capitalism? Socialism The Yin and Yang of Capitalism and Socialism Modern Stuff ConclusionoscopyChapter 5: Structures and InstitutionsStructures or Institutions? Human Nature and Political Institutions The Reality of Political Institutions Civilization Chapter 6: El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive (in Bad Spanish)Oh Captain, My Captain The Scorpion King on Grandpa's Farm Kings and Presidents The Democratic Executive Chapter 7: The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative Function (Not in Bad Spanish)Boring History Stuff A Dreary Discussion of Democratic Legislatures A Redundant Repetition of the Theme: Contrasting Legislatures in Parliamentary and Presidential Systems A Tired Attempt to Make Coalition Politics Interesting with a Lame Example A Dreary Bleakness in the Authoritarian Gloom: They Endure Legislative Institutions, TooChapter 8: Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother with the Jokes?Bureaucracy, It Goes to ElevenSo ... What Is a Bureaucracy? There Be Flaws in Yonder Bureaucracy, Obviously Chapter 9: Courts and Law: Politics behind the Gavel, Obviously, but What's under the Gown?Law and Politics The Political Functions of Courts Trial and Appellate Courts Legal SystemsJurisprudenceTypes of LawConstitutional ReviewChapter 10: Not Quite Right, but Still Good: The Democratic Ideal in Modern PoliticsArrow's Theorem Democracy and the Liberal Ideal An Economic Theory of Democracy The Real versus the Ideal, Again Chapter 11: Media, Politics, and Government: Talking Heads Are Better Than NoneReality and Beyond The Whole China Charade Your New Brain and the Creation of Reality News Media and Politics A Vast Conspiracy? Understanding the Distortions Is the Key Chapter 12: International Politics: Apocalypse Now and ThenCauses of War Back to AnarchyWorld War I Was UnpleasantRealism and WarChallenging the Realist ParadigmChapter 13: Secret Government: Spies, Lies, and Freedom FriesChapter 14: Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains It AllPolitical CultureApplying Political CultureBack to the Question of "What Is Culture?"Chapter 15: The Lastest and Bestest Chapter: The Study of PoliticsHere's Where the Story EndsThe Study of PoliticsThe Applied SubfieldsConclusion
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2018
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