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Copyright, ii
To the Student, vi
To the Teacher, vii
Part One. Welcome to Political Science, 1
Chapter 1. The Creative Study of Politics, 1
1.1. Politics and Political Science, 1
1.2. Political Science as Creativity, 7
Chapter 2. Four Millenniums of Thinking About Politics, 16
2.1. Political Science as the Continuing Creative Search for Truth, 16
2.2. The Era of Myth, 18
2.3. The Era of Politics, 20
2.4. The Era of Philosophy, 26
2.5. The Era of Theology, 30
2.6. The Era of History, 35
2.7. The Era of Science, 39
2.8. The Era of Eclecticism, 43
Chapter 3. Current Approaches to Studying Politics, 47
3.1. Basic Problems and Challenges for the Science of Politics, 47
3.2. Gabriel Almond’s Schools and Sects of Political Science, 51
3.3. Postmodernism and Political Science, 75
Chapter 4. Some Quantitative Methods in Political Science, 80
4.1. The Basics of Scientific Knowledge, 80
4.2. The Basics of Social Science Research, 81
4.3. Content Analysis, 86
4.4. Experiments, 87
4.5. Nonexperimental Designs, 90
4.6. Interviews, 91
4.7. Case Studies, 91
4.8. Direct Observation, 92
4.9. Focus Groups, 92
Part Two. A Handbook of Style for Political Science, 94
Chapter 5. Writing as Communication, 94
5.1. Writing to Learn, 94
5.2. The Writing Process, 98
Chapter 6. Writing Competently, 118
6.1. Grammar and Style, 118
6.2. Punctuation, 121
Chapter 7. Paper Formats, 141
7.1. General Page Formats, 141
7.2. Tables, Illustrations, Figures, and Appendixes, 146
7.3. Text, 150
Chapter 8. Citing Sources, 152
8.1. The APSA Author-Date System, 152
8.2. Avoiding Plagiarism, 167
Part Three. Conducting Research in Political Science, 172
Chapter 9. Organizing the Research Process, 172
9.1. Gaining Control of the Research Process, 172
9.2. Effective Research Methods, 174
9.3. How to Conduct a Literature Review, 181
Chapter 10. Library Information Resources, 183
10.1. Reference Books, 183
10.2. Periodical Indexes, 189
10.3. Statistics, 190
10.4. Government Agencies, 191
10.5. Private Research Organizations, 192
10.6. List of Political Science Periodicals, 193
Chapter 11. Internet Resources, 197
11.1. Writing Resources on the Internet, 197
11.2. Politics and Government Resources on the Internet, 198
11.3. Political Science Resources on the Internet, 200
11.4. Assessing the Quality of Internet Resources, 200
Part Four. Critical Thinking and Acting in Politics, 202
Chapter 12. Book Reviews and Article Critiques, 202
12.1. Book Reviews, 202
12.2. Article Critiques, 208
Chapter 13. Writing to Communicate and Act, 212
13.1. Letters to Newspaper Editors, 212
13.2. Op-ed Essays, 216
13.3. Letters to Elected Representatives, 219
13.4. Table of Forms of Proper Address Formats, 222
Chapter 14. Critical Thinking Exercises, 227
14.1. An Introduction to the Observation of Politics, 227
14.2. An Exercise in Observation: Campaign Commercials, 228
14.3. Directions for Writing an Allegory Analysis, 229
14.4. Allegory 1: Plato’s Philosopher King, 230
14.5. Allegory 2: Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance, 232
14.6. Allegory 3: Foucault’s Panopticon, 233
Chapter 15. Elementary Policy Analysis: Position Papers, 237
15.1. What is a Position Paper?, 237
15.2. Selecting Topics for Position Papers, 238
15.3. Conducting Research for Position Papers, 241
15.4. Contents of Position Papers, 241
Part Five. Papers Throughout Political Science, 246
Chapter 16. Analytical Papers in American Government and International Relations, 246
16.1. Preliminary Choices for Research Papers in Political Science, 246
16.2. Steps in Writing Analytical Papers, 249
Chapter 17. Comparing Governments, 252
17.1. How Governments are Compared, 252
17.2. Elements of Comparative Politics Paper, 254
Chapter 18. Policy Analysis Papers, 260
18.1. The Basics of Policy Analysis, 260
18.2. Policy Analysis Research Proposals, 261
18.3. Policy Analysis Papers, 263
Chapter 19. Amicus Curiae Briefs, 267
19.1. How to Write Amicus Curiae Briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court, 267
19.2. Resources for Writing an Amicus Curiae Brief, 271
Chapter 20. Public Opinion Survey Papers, 274
20.1. The Scope and Purpose of a Survey Paper, 274
20.2. Steps in Writing a Survey Paper, 275
20.3. Elements of a Public Opinion Survey Paper, 285
Glossary of Political Science Terms, 288
Bibliography, 297
Index, 300

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