Politics: setting the stage. -- Modern ideologies and political philosophy. -- The modern state. -- Policies of the state. -- Economic policy of the state. -- What lies behind policy: questions of justice and effectiveness. -- Democracies and authoritarian systems. -- Political culture and political socialization. -- Constitutions and the design of government. -- Elections. -- Parties: a linking and leading mechanism in politics. -- Structured conflict: interest groups and politics. -- Social movements and contentious politics. -- National decision-making institutions parliamentary government. -- National decision-making institutions: presidential government. -- Bureaucracy and the public sector. -- Law and the courts. -- Global politics: politics among states (and others)

1. Political science -- Textbooks