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Chapter 1

Introduction: Making Sense of Government and Politics

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Chapter 1: Introduction: Making Sense of Government and Politics

  • CORE OF THE ANALYSIS
  • MAKING SENSE OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
    • Forms of Government
    • Foundations of Government
      • The Means of Coercion
  • IN BRIEF: Power in Constitutional, Authoritarian, and Totalitarian Governments
    • Means of Collecting Revenue
    • Why Is Government Necessary?
      • To Maintain Order
      • To Protect Property
      • To Provide Public Goods
    • Influencing the Government: Politics
  • FROM COERCION TO CONSENT
    • Limiting Government
    • The Expansion of Democratic Politics
  • DOES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY WORK?
    • Delegating Authority in a Representative Democracy
    • The Trade-off between Freedom and Order
    • The Instability of Majority Rule
    • For Further Reading
  • ANALYZING THE EVIDENCE: How Do Political Scientists Know What They Know?

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