| Making Sense of Government and Politics |
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What Is Government? |
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Forms of Government |
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Foundations of Government |
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Why Is Government Necessary? |
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Influencing the Government: Politics |
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Principle 1: All Political Behavior Has a Purpose |
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Principle 2: All Politics Is Collective Action |
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Principle 3: Institutions Routinely Solve Collective-Action Problems |
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Principle 4: Political Outcomes Are the Products of Individual Preferences and Institutional Procedures |
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Principle 5: History Matters |
The Principles of Politics in Action |
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The Rationality Principle |
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The Collective-Action Principle |
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The Institution Principle |
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The Policy Principle |
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The History Principle |
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