Introduction                                       6  (4)
    The Basics: Who Governs?                       10 (22)
        Glossary                                   12 (2)
      Monarchy                                     14 (2)
      Despotism                                    16 (2)
      Aristocracy                                  18 (2)
      profile: Aristotle                           20 (2)
      Oligarchy                                    22 (2)
      Democracy                                    24 (2)
      Popular Sovereignty                          26 (2)
      Authoritarianism                             28 (2)
      Class Conflict                               30 (2)
    Rule by the Few                                32 (20)
        Glossary                                   34 (2)
      One-Party Rule                               36 (2)
      Fascism                                      38 (2)
      profile: Benito Mussolini                    40 (2)
      Nazism                                       42 (2)
      Totalitarianism                              44 (2)
      Patrimonialism                               46 (2)
      Praetorianism                                48 (2)
      Theocracy                                    50 (2)
    Rule by the Many                               52 (24)
        Glossary                                   54 (2)
      Anarchism                                    56 (2)
      Representative Democracy                     58 (2)
      Majoritarianism                              60 (2)
      Proportional Representation                  62 (2)
      Classical Liberalism                         64 (2)
      profile: John Locke                          66 (2)
      Conservatism                                 68 (2)
      Liberalism                                   70 (2)
      Libertarianism                               72 (2)
      Social Democracy                             74 (2)
    Elements of Democracy                          76 (22)
        Glossary                                   78 (2)
      Legislative Power                            80 (2)
      Executive Power                              82 (2)
      Judicial Power                               84 (2)
      Separation of Powers                         86 (2)
      profile: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron    88 (2)
      de Montesquieu
      Checks and Balances                          90 (2)
      Parliamentary Democracy                      92 (2)
      Federalism                                   94 (2)
      Unitary State                                96 (2)
    Communism                                      98 (16)
        Glossary                                   100(2)
      Communism                                    102(2)
      Marxism                                      104(2)
      profile: Karl Marx                           106(2)
      Leninism                                     108(2)
      Maoism                                       110(2)
      Anarcho-Syndicalism                          112(2)
    Political Economy                              114(20)
        Glossary                                   116(2)
      Capitalism                                   118(2)
      Socialism                                    120(2)
      Globalization                                122(2)
      Keynesianism                                 124(2)
      Mercantilism                                 126(2)
      Neoliberalism                                128(2)
      profile: Ayn Rand                            130(2)
      Objectivism                                  132(2)
    International Relations                        134(18)
        Glossary                                   136(2)
      Realism                                      138(2)
      profile: Hans Morgenthau                     140(2)
      Imperialism                                  142(2)
      Neoconservatism                              144(2)
      Nationalism                                  146(2)
      Environmentalism                             148(2)
      Constructivism                               150(2)
  Appendices                                       152
      Notes on contributors                        154(1)
      Resources                                    155(3)
      Index                                        158(2)
      Acknowledgments                              160