Includes bibliographical references (pages 490-475) and index.
What is politics?-- Political ideas and ideologies -- Politics and state -- Democracy and legitimacy -- Nations and nationalism -- Political economy and globalization -- Politics, society and identity-- Political culture and the media -- Representation, elections and voting-- Parties and party systems-- Groups, interests and movements -- Governments, systems and regimes-- Political executives and leadership-- Assemblies-- Constitutions, law and judges-- Public policy and the bureaucracy -- Multilevel politics-- Security: domestic and international-- World order and global governance -- A crisis in politics? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.