Introduction to Political Science: Reason, Reflection, & Analysis

By John C. Wahlke and R. Kenneth Godwin

Appropriate for introduction to political science or politics courses, INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE covers both normative and empirical issues while examining major political ideologies, institutions, and processes. This text introduces students to the enduring, normative questions of politics and to the different schools of thought concerning these issues. It also provides students with information about political systems and issues in a global context, relating comparative and international issues to everyday life. Finally, it teaches them to think critically about politics, applying logic and empirical analysis to political questions. The social choice framework provides a conceptual model that students can understand, apply, and critique.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0155076051
• ISBN13: 9780155076051
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.3"