Guild, Nelson P <br/><br/>
Introduction to Politics: essay and readings 

 - New york  John wiley  1968 
 - 341p. 
<br/><br/> This highly readable introductory volume takes an analytical<br/>approach to the major concepts of political science. Instead of<br/>attempting to confront the student with a mass of detail, the editors<br/>concorate on five central problems in contemporary American<br/>political science: 2) What is politics? 2) What are the main charac-<br/>eri tics of political systems? 3) How du individuals relate to<br/>litics? 4) What are the necessary conditions for the maintenance<br/>political systems? 5) How should we siudy politics?<br/>Readings that represent both classical and current scholarship<br/>have been organized into five sections-each concerned with one of<br/>these fundamental questions. The editors have been careful to<br/>preserve each author's line of thought so that the student car.<br/>appreciate differences in viewpoint and opinion. An original essay<br/>troduces each section of articles, serving both to interpret indivi-<br/>(ual readings and to explain the relevance of specialized empirical<br/>search to basic problems raised in the book.<br/>Unique for their lucid, direct, and jargon-free style, the essays<br/>have been designed to help the student think independently about<br/>aportant political questions. Introduction to Politics can be used<br/>as a basic text or in combination with other texts. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320 GUI