MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2006029254
003 DLC
005 20070411082901.0
008 060906s2007 dcua 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006029254
020 $a1568028296 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781568028293 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781568028293
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm71350326
035 $a(OCoLC)71350326
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJA66$b.V28 2007
082 00 $a320$222
100 1 $aVan Belle, Douglas A.,$d1965-
245 12 $aA novel approach to politics :$bintroducing political science through media and popular culture /$cDouglas A. Van Belle, Kenneth M. Mash.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bCQ Press,$cc2007.
300 $axxii, 378 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aIntroducing the ancient debate : the ideal versus the real -- Utopias, theories, and ideologies : perfect worlds and the imperfections of reality -- Why government? : security, anarchy, and some basic group dynamics -- Governing society : controlling the behavior of individuals -- Government's role in the economy : the offer you can't refuse -- Structures and institutions : this old house of commons -- Institutions : meat and potatoes -- The imperfections of political institutions : bugs in the machine -- Courts and law : politics behind the gavel -- Not quite right, but still good : the democratic ideal in modern politics -- Media, politics, and government : talking heads are better than none -- International politics : apocalypse now and then -- Political culture : sex and agriculture, getting rucked explains it all -- Birth, school, work, death : your moment of zen.
650 0 $aPolitical science.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolitics and culture$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMass media$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
700 1 $aMash, Kenneth M.$q(Kenneth Mitchell)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006029254.html