Chapter Summaries

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• 1 Politics and government
• 2 The state
• 3 Democracy
• 4 Authoritarian rule
• 5 The comparative approach
• 6 Political culture
• 7 Political communication
• 8 Political economy
• 9 Political participation
• 10 Elections and voters
• 11 Interest groups
• 12 Political parties
• 13 Constitutions and the legal framework
• 14 Multilevel governance
• 15 Legislatures
• 16 The political executive
• 17 Public management and administration
• 18 Public policy