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Unit 1: Foundational Concepts of Politics
1.1: What Is Political Science?
1.2: What Does Political Science Study?
1.3: Is Political Science a Science?
1.4: Political Theory
Unit 1 Assessment
Unit 2: Participation and Public Opinion
2.1: Political Culture
2.2: Political Socialization and Public Opinion
2.3: Media
2.4: Interest Groups
2.4.1: Power of Special Interests
2.5: Political Parties
2.5.1: Two-Party vs. Multiparty Systems
2.5.2: Comparing Parties and Interest Groups
2.6: Elections
2.7: Other Forms of Participation
Unit 2 Assessment
Unit 3: Ideologies
3.1.1: Democracy
3.1.1.1: Democratic Capitalism
3.1.1.2: Democratic Socialism
3.1.2: Non-democratic Regimes
3.1.2.1: Marxism and Communism
3.1.2.2: Fascism and National Socialism
3.1.2.3: Islamism
3.2.1: Liberalism
3.2.1.1: Classical Liberalism
3.2.1.2: Modern Liberalism
3.2.1.3: Libertarianism
3.2.2.1: Classical Conservatism
3.2.2.2: Modern Conservatism
3.2.3: Feminism
3.2.4: Environmentalism
3.2.5: Determining Your Own Political Philosophy
Unit 3 Assessment
Unit 4: The State
4.1: What is a State?
4.2: Origins of the State
4.3: The Future of the State
Unit 4 Assessment
Unit 5: Political Institutions
5.1: Federal vs. Unitary Forms of Government
5.2: Legislatures vs. Parliaments
5.3: Presidents vs. Prime Ministers
5.4: Bureaucracy and Public Administration
5.5: Law and the Courts
Unit 5 Assessment
Unit 6: International Politics
6.1: The International System
6.2.1: International Institutions and Actors
6.2.2: Diplomacy
6.2.3: Treaties and International Law
6.3.1: National Security and Thomas Hobbes
6.3.2: War and Terrorism
6.3.3: Huntington's Clash of Civilizations
6.3.4: Democratic Peace Theory
6.4.1: Human Rights
6.4.2: Humanitarian Aid and Intervention
Unit 6 Assessment
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