Governing

Part 1 Governments, politics and people: governments and governing; politics in human life; political psychology, socialization and culture; modern political ideologies; democracy and authoritarianism - principles and models. Part 2 Politics outside formal government: public opinion in democratic systems; political communication; the electoral process; voting behaviour; political parties and party systems. Part 3 Governmental structures, authorities and processes: the legislative process; the executive process; the administrative process; law and the judicial process. Part 4 Public policies and their impacts: human rights - principles and problems; human rights - challenges and responses. Part 5 The international political system: politics among nations; the quest for peace in the thermonuclear age.