Introduction to Political Science
Table of Contents
2.1 → Socrates and the Search for Truth
2.2 → Plato: Can Politics Create Justice?
2.3 → Aristotle: What Kind of Government Works Best?
2.4 → St. Augustine: Politics in a Fallen World
2.5 → Thomas Aquinas: Can Reason and Religion Work Together?
2.6 → Machiavelli: Is Power More Important Than Morality?
2.7 → Thomas Hobbes: Why Do We Fear Each Other?
2.8 → John Locke: What Rights Should Government Protect?
2.9 → Montesquieu: Why Must Power Be Divided?
2.10 → Rousseau: Are Humans Naturally Good?
2.11 → Social Contract Theory: Why Do People Consent to Government?
2.12 → Adam Smith: Can Self-Interest Help Society?
2.13 → Edmund Burke: Should Change Be Slow and Cautious?
2.14 → John Stuart Mill: How Much Liberty Should People Have?
2.15 → From Liberalism to Marxism: Why Was Classical Political Thought Challenged?
3.1 → Industrial Capitalism & Inequality: The World Karl Marx Saw
3.2 → Karl Marx: The Man Behind Marxism
3.4 → What Is a Mode of Production?
3.5 → Historical Materialism Explained
3.6 → Dialectical Materialism Explained
3.7 → Class, Alienation, and the Conflict Between Owners and Workers
3.8 → Socialism, State Socialism, and Communism
10.1 → Political Economy: How Wealth, Property, and Power Shape Society
10.2 → Capitalism, Markets, and Mixed Economies
10.3 → What Is a Political Ideology?
10.4 → Liberalism: Freedom, Rights, and Individual Choice
10.5 → Conservatism: Tradition, Order, and Gradual Change
10.6 → Nationalism and Populism
10.7 → Fascism: Total Mobilization, National Unity, and Dictatorship
10.8 → Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, and the Modern Left
Module 12: International Relations
12.1 → What Is International Relations?
12.2 → Realism: Power, Security, and Survival
12.3 → Liberalism: Cooperation, Trade, and International Institutions
12.4 → Constructivism: Ideas, Identity, and Global Norms
12.5 → War, Peace, Diplomacy, and Alliances
12.6 → Globalization, Non-State Actors, and Modern Global Challenges
Module 13: International Systems & History
13.1 → What Is an International System?
13.2 → Empires, Kingdoms, and the Pre-Modern World Order
13.3 → The Peace of Westphalia and the Rise of Sovereign States
13.4 → Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Global Balance of Power
13.5 → World Wars, the Cold War, and the Bipolar World
13.6 → The Post-Cold War World and the Changing Global Order
Module 14: International Political Economy (IPE)
14.1 → What Is International Political Economy?
14.2 → Trade, Globalization, and Economic Interdependence
14.3 → Capitalism, Development, and Global Inequality
14.4 → International Institutions: IMF, World Bank, WTO, and Global Rules
14.5 → Multinational Corporations, Resources, and State Power
14.6 → Economic Security: Sanctions, Supply Chains, Currency, and Cyber Power
Module 15: Religion & Politics
15.1 → Why Religion and Politics Overlap
15.2 → Religion, Legitimacy, and Political Authority
15.3 → Secularism, Theocracy, and Church-State Relations
15.4 → Religion, Law, and Public Morality
15.5 → Religion, Nationalism, and Political Identity
15.6 → Religion, Conflict, Peacebuilding, and Extremism
Module 16: Conflict, Violence, and Counterterrorism
16.1 → What Is Political Violence?
16.2 → What Is Extremism?
16.3 → What Is Terrorism?
16.4 → What Are Non-State Actors?
16.5 → What Is Asymmetric Warfare?
16.6 → What Is an Insurgency?
16.7 → What Is Counterinsurgency?
16.8 → How Radicalization Happens
16.9 → Ideological Mobilization: How Beliefs Become Action
16.10 → What Do Intelligence Agencies Do?
16.11 → Surveillance and Security
16.12 → What Is Homeland Security?
16.13 → Cyberterrorism, Critical Infrastructure, and Hybrid Threats
16.14 → Preventing Violence: Deradicalization, Resilience, and Peacebuilding