Contemporary political systems : an Introduction to Government (Record no. 13270)

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Classification number 320.4 ABC
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Personal name Abcarian, Gilbert
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Title Contemporary political systems : an Introduction to Government
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Charles Scribner
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1970
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Extent 387p.
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Summary, etc. The basic concern of this book is to explain rather than<br/>change political systems. We have not been free of particular orientations<br/>to subject matter, but neither have we been conscious of propagating or<br/>protecting an ideological posture. Our work is much too eclectic for that.<br/>With Spinoza, we "have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not bewail,<br/>nor to scorn human actions, but to understand them." Doing so is no easy<br/>task for this is a text which necessarily generalizes about a wide range of<br/>political matters which, for many persons, tend to produce passions or<br/>tensions as much as intellectual detachment and tolerance.<br/>As for textbooks on politics, it is all too often the case that they attempt<br/>to cover everything and touch little or nothing. Regarding students who<br/>use them, there is the risk that they emerge from the ordeal of reading<br/>with their curiosity diminished and their biases more or less unscathed.<br/>Where useful, we have subordinated coverage for its own sake to the goal<br/>of engaging student curiosity and challenging some of his preconceptions.<br/>Hopefully, the primary value of the book to the student lies in the pur-<br/>poseful balance of the topical and analytical materials encountered. In this<br/>connection, we have avoided excessive use of technical language since its<br/>relevance for an introductory book such as this would be lost on the typical<br/>reader. As to the teacher, we have sought to promote his autonomy by<br/>developing chapter discussions that lend themselves to the identification<br/>and elaboration of particular topics congenial to the instructor's own<br/>orientations toward lecturing and classroom activities.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Government
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Personal name Masannat, George S.
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