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Understanding the Political World offers a comparative perspective on how politics works at the global, national, group, and individual level.

Focusing on how core political science concepts relate to real political events, this bestselling text surveys political behavior, systems, and processes throughout the world and asks students to evaluate and apply this knowledge. Through an engaging writing style, numerous examples, and the instructive use of cartoons and photographs, Understanding the Political World encourages students to think like political scientists and to critically examine new and enduring political challenges.

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Explores politics at every level from the individual person to the global system to reveal how politics influences every part of life.

Takes a comparative perspective to examine political theory, behavior, institutions, and processes around the world.

Emphasizes the discipline’s approaches and methods throughout the text to help students identify and analyze patterns in politics.

Includes case studies on developed, developing, and transitional countries to discuss how states achieve prosperity, stability, and security in a complex international environment.

Combines current political examples, data, cartoons, and photos with a conversational writing style to encourage consideration of how well political science explains today's political world.

MyPoliSciKit for Understanding the Political World is a premium online learning companion that features multimedia and interactive activities to help students make connections between concepts and current events. The book-specific assessment, video case studies, comparative exercises, mapping exercises, Financial Times newsfeeds, current events quizzes, politics blog, and MySearchLab encourage comprehension and critical thinking. With Grade Tracker, instructors can easily follow students’ work on the site and their progress on each activity. MyPoliSciKit is available at no additional charge when packaged with this book. To learn more, please visit www.mypoliscikit.com or contact your Pearson representative.

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Every chapter in the tenth edition of Understanding the Political World includes the following features to engage students and encourage critical thinking:
- New chapter-opening anecdotes and photos draw readers into the major theme of the chapter by using an in-depth political example, such as Kurdish desire for an independent state (nation vs. state), Aung Sun Suu Kyi’s actions in Myanmar (political activism), President Obama’s policy response to the economic crisis in the United States (political economy), Hungary’s shift from communism to a democratic, market-based system (transitional countries), and more.
- New “Compare” boxes explore specific questions by applying the methods of comparative analysis, including topics like the level of political participation in ten countries, the geopolitical analysis of Cuba and Taiwan, the extent to which various states are peaceful or conflict-oriented, and the cross-national analysis of political cultures.
- New “Focus” boxes elaborate on core political science concepts and connect them to detailed country examples ranging from an examination of electoral politics in South Africa and political socialization in China to the evolution of women’s political rights in the United States and the impact of microcredit on Bangladesh’s development.
- New “Debate” boxes pose important political questions for students to evaluate, such as whether communism is “dead”, whether political “science” is feasible, and whether there is a global clash of civilizations.
“On the Web”–a list of particularly useful and relevant Internet sites at the end of each chapter–was thoroughly updated and expanded.
Every chapter includes the latest scholarship, examples, and data.

Table of Contents

PART I. ON KNOWING THE POLITICAL WORLD

Chapter 1. Politics and Knowledge

PART II. POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

Chapter 2. Political Theory and Political Beliefs

Chapter 3. Political Actions

Chapter 4. Influences on Beliefs and Actions

PART III. POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Chapter 5. States and Nations

Chapter 6. Political Institutions I: Structures

Chapter 7. Political Institutions II: Institutional Arrangements

Chapter 8. Political Economy

PART IV. POLITICAL PROCESSES

Chapter 9. Public Policy, Power, and Decision

Chapter 10. Change and Political Development

Chapter 11. Politics Across Borders

Chapter 12. Political Violence

PART V. POLITICS AMONG STATES

Chapter 13. The Developed Countries

Chapter 14. The Developing Countries

Chapter 15. The Transitional Developed Countries

Appendix. Political Analysis

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©2009 | Longman | Paper; 528 pp | Out of Print
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Understanding the Political World offers a comparative perspective on how politics works at the global, national, group, and individual level.

Focusing on how fundamental concepts in political science relate to real political events, this bestselling text surveys political behavior, systems, and processes throughout the world and asks students to evaluate and apply this knowledge. Through an engaging writing style, numerous examples, and the instructive use of cartoons and photographs, Understanding the Political World encourages students to think like political scientists and to critically examine new and enduring political realities and challenges.

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Understanding the Political World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science, 11/E
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Understanding the Political World offers a comparative perspective on how politics works at the global, national, group, and individual level.

Focusing on how fundamental concepts in political science relate to real political events, this bestselling text surveys political behavior, systems, and processes throughout the world and asks students to evaluate and apply this knowledge. Through an engaging writing style, numerous examples, and the instructive use of visuals, Understanding the Political World encourages students to think like political scientists and to critically examine new and enduring political realities and challenges.

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Improve Critical Thinking: Compare, Focus, and Debate boxes encourage students to think comparatively and to develop political arguments.

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“Danziger has written the perfect book for an introduction to political science. Presenting a full range of domestic and international issues plus detailed scenarios that make students think critically, he balances the academic approach to political science with the practical need to be fluent in real world politics.”–Krista Wiegand, Georgia Southern University

Author Bios

James N. Danziger is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he also has served as Chair of the Department of Political Science, campus-wide Dean of Undergraduate Education, Chair of the Academic Senate, and Associate Director of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations. He is recipient of many honors and awards, including a Marshall Scholarship (to Great Britain), a Foreign Area Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Phi Beta Kappa, and an IBM Faculty Award. He received the first UC Irvine Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award for Teaching in 1987 and the UC Irvine Distinguished Service Award in 1997. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University, and he has held visiting appointments at the universities of Aarhus (Denmark), Pittsburgh, and Virginia. His research has received awards from the American Political Science Association and the American Society for Public Administration. He has published extensively, particularly on information technology and politics, and he is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research. He has also been an active participant in local politics.

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