Introduction to Political Science
Mark Carl Rom
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This audiobook recording was created from the April 2024 web version of Introduction to Political Science by OpenStax. It may be more up-to-date than the textbook published in 2022.
Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Introduction to Political Science provides a strong foundation in global political systems, exploring how and why political realities unfold. Rich with examples of individual and national social action, this text emphasizes students’ role in the political sphere and equips them to be active and informed participants in civil society.
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This is an adaptation of Introduction to Political Science by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience. This is an open educational resources (OER) textbook for university and college students. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Duration - 1h 51m.
Author - Mark Carl Rom.
Narrator - Digital Voice Maxwell G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2024 Rice University ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. This audiobook recording was created from the April 2024 web version of Introduction to Political Science by OpenStax. It may be more up-to-date than the textbook published in 2022. Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Introduction to Political Science provides a strong foundation in global political systems, exploring how and why political realities unfold. Rich with examples of individual and national social action, this text emphasizes students’ role in the political sphere and equips them to be active and informed participants in civil society. This audio textbook is produced by https://AudibleClassroom.com This is an adaptation of Introduction to Political Science by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience. This is an open educational resources (OER) textbook for university and college students. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Duration - 1h 51m. Author - Mark Carl Rom. Narrator - Digital Voice Maxwell G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 Rice University ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:21
Preface
Duration:00:00:54
Chapter 1: What Is Politics and What Is Political Science?
Duration:00:03:49
1.1 Defining Politics: Who Gets What, When, Where, How, and Why?
Duration:00:12:55
1.2 Public Policy, Public Interest, and Power
Duration:00:17:12
1.3 Political Science: The Systematic Study of Politics
Duration:00:06:21
1.4 Normative Political Science
Duration:00:06:43
1.5 Empirical Political Science
Duration:00:12:28
1.6 Individuals, Groups, Institutions, and International Relations
Duration:00:19:02
Summary
Duration:00:06:22
Key Terms
Duration:00:04:57
Chapter 2: Political Behavior Is Human Behavior
Duration:00:02:11
2.1 What Goals Should We Seek in Politics?
Duration:00:38:44
2.2 Why Do Humans Make the Political Choices That They Do?
Duration:00:21:53
2.3 Human Behavior Is Partially Predictable
Duration:00:11:28
2.4 The Importance of Context for Political Decisions
Duration:00:08:09
Chapter 3: Political Ideology
Duration:00:05:08
3.1 The Classical Origins of Western Political Ideologies
Duration:00:05:36
3.2 The Laws of Nature and the Social Contract
Duration:00:12:49
3.3 The Development of Varieties of Liberalism
Duration:00:08:20
3.4 Nationalism, Communism, Fascism, and Authoritarianism
Duration:00:20:31
3.5 Contemporary Democratic Liberalism
Duration:00:13:39
3.6 Contemporary Ideologies Further to the Political Left
Duration:00:22:29
3.7 Contemporary Ideologies Further to the Political Right
Duration:00:13:42
3.8 Political Ideologies That Reject Political Ideology: Scientific Socialism, Burkeanism, and Religious Extremism
Duration:00:04:32
Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
Duration:00:01:50
4.1 The Freedom of the Individual
Duration:00:10:43
4.2 Constitutions and Individual Liberties
Duration:00:17:43
4.3 The Right to Privacy, Self-Determination, and the Freedom of Ideas
Duration:00:28:40
4.4 Freedom of Movement
Duration:00:08:25
4.5 The Rights of the Accused
Duration:00:02:46
4.6 The Right to a Healthy Environment
Duration:00:03:54
Chapter 5: Political Participation and Public Opinion
Duration:00:02:36
5.1 What Is Political Participation?
Duration:00:13:10
5.2 What Limits Voter Participation in the United States?
Duration:00:14:38
5.3 How Do Individuals Participate Other Than Voting?
Duration:00:29:52
5.4 What Is Public Opinion and Where Does It Come From?
Duration:00:13:03
5.5 How Do We Measure Public Opinion?
Duration:00:09:38
5.6 Why Is Public Opinion Important?
Duration:00:07:41
Chapter 6: The Fundamentals of Group Political Activity
Duration:00:04:39
6.1 Political Socialization: The Ways People Become Political
Duration:00:16:23
6.2 Political Culture: How People Express Their Political Identity
Duration:00:14:47
6.3 Collective Dilemmas: Making Group Decisions
Duration:00:22:11
6.4 Collective Action Problems: The Problem of Incentives
Duration:00:12:47
6.5 Resolving Collective Action Problems
Duration:00:17:03
Chapter 7: Civil Rights
Duration:00:01:38
7.1 Civil Rights and Constitutionalism
Duration:00:11:49
7.2 Political Culture and Majority-Minority Relations
Duration:00:12:12
7.3 Civil Rights Abuses
Duration:00:24:27
7.4 Civil Rights Movements
Duration:00:15:11
7.5 How Do Governments Bring About Civil Rights Change?
Duration:00:20:55
Chapter 8: Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Elections
Duration:00:01:51
8.1 What Is an Interest Group?
Duration:00:10:34
8.2 What Are the Pros and Cons of Interest Groups?
Duration:00:16:38
8.3 Political Parties
Duration:00:10:42
8.4 What Are the Limits of Parties?
Duration:00:05:59
8.5 What Are Elections and Who Participates?
Duration:00:12:34
8.6 How Do People Participate in Elections?
Duration:00:14:27
Chapter 9: Legislatures
Duration:00:01:21
9.1 What Do Legislatures Do?
Duration:00:36:27
9.2 What Is the Difference between Parliamentary and Presidential Systems?
Duration:00:21:01
9.3 What Is the Difference between Unicameral and Bicameral Systems?
Duration:00:06:18
9.4 The Decline of Legislative Influence
Duration:00:09:35
Chapter 10: Executives, Cabinets, and Bureaucracies
Duration:00:02:26
10.1 Democracies: Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Regimes
Duration:00:08:22
10.2 The Executive in Presidential Regimes
Duration:00:14:14
10.3 The Executive in Parliamentary Regimes
Duration:00:07:05
10.4 Advantages, Disadvantages, and Challenges of Presidential and Parliamentary Regimes
Duration:00:13:20
10.5 Semi-Presidential Regimes
Duration:00:04:23
10.6 How Do Cabinets Function in Presidential and Parliamentary Regimes?
Duration:00:12:32
10.7 What Are the Purpose and Function of Bureaucracies?
Duration:00:17:29
Chapter 11: Courts and Law
Duration:00:02:39
11.1 What Is the Judiciary?
Duration:00:24:04
11.2 How Does the Judiciary Take Action?
Duration:00:12:09
11.3 Types of Legal Systems around the World
Duration:00:10:48
11.4 Criminal versus Civil Laws
Duration:00:19:50
11.5 Due Process and Judicial Fairness
Duration:00:13:56
11.6 Judicial Review versus Executive Sovereignty
Duration:00:05:16
Chapter 12: The Media
Duration:00:01:38
12.1 The Media as a Political Institution: Why Does It Matter?
Duration:00:18:51
12.2 Types of Media and the Changing Media Landscape
Duration:00:16:32
12.3 How Do Media and Elections Interact?
Duration:00:16:44
12.4 The Internet and Social Media
Duration:00:16:49
12.5 Declining Global Trust in the Media
Duration:00:09:41
Chapter 13: Governing Regimes
Duration:00:01:27
13.1 Contemporary Government Regimes: Power, Legitimacy, and Authority
Duration:00:41:46
13.2 Categorizing Contemporary Regimes
Duration:00:34:29
13.3 Recent Trends: Illiberal Representative Regimes
Duration:00:07:45
Chapter 14: International Relations
Duration:00:01:44
14.1 What Is Power, and How Do We Measure It?
Duration:00:13:14
14.2 Understanding the Different Types of Actors in the International System
Duration:00:08:23
14.3 Sovereignty and Anarchy
Duration:00:07:11
14.4 Using Levels of Analysis to Understand Conflict
Duration:00:13:27
14.5 The Realist Worldview
Duration:00:15:33
14.6 The Liberal and Social Worldview
Duration:00:12:51
14.7 Critical Worldviews
Duration:00:06:42
Chapter 15: International Law and International Organizations
Duration:00:02:46
15.1 The Problem of Global Governance
Duration:00:04:32
15.2 International Law
Duration:00:12:48
15.3 The United Nations and Global Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
Duration:00:18:08
15.4 How Do Regional IGOs Contribute to Global Governance?
Duration:00:25:10
15.5 Non-state Actors: Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
Duration:00:09:27
15.6 Non-state Actors beyond NGOs
Duration:00:23:35
Chapter 16: International Political Economy
Duration:00:06:22
16.1 The Origins of International Political Economy
Duration:00:07:23
16.2 The Advent of the Liberal Economy
Duration:00:08:17
16.3 The Bretton Woods Institutions
Duration:00:30:10
16.4 The Post–Cold War Period and Modernization Theory
Duration:00:05:38
16.5 From the 1990s to the 2020s: Current Issues in IPE
Duration:00:23:41
16.6 Considering Poverty, Inequality, and the Environmental Crisis
Duration:00:17:28
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:06