Exploring Political Ideas

Providing students with the building-blocks of and democratic government, Exploring Political Ideas: Concepts that Shape Our World presents a conceptual-comparative approach to the study of the political ideas that shaped world history and continue to affect todays political landscape. In a lively and thought-provoking presentation, the authors illustrate concepts through practical examples about political thinkers, leaders, ideas, institutions, and policies. Readers can consider historical and contemporary applications of political ideas from four perspectives: the decisions individuals make, the interests individuals articulate and pursue, the institutions they create and work within, and the issues they seek to resolve.