Introduction to Political Science

Author: Jiang An
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: This book not only adheres to the fundamental theories and methods of its discipline but also actively incorporates and embraces research methods from other disciplines. It strives to achieve comprehensive content, a complete structure, correct perspectives, scientific methods, and reflects the characteristics of timeliness, innovation, science, and advancement. This book can serve as a textbook for ideological and political education majors in higher normal universities and is also suitable for students and readers in other fields such as political science and law. This book is a research outcome of the Ministry of Education's "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Normal Education Towards the 21st Century" and is a textbook for the 21st century. It adheres to Marxist theory as its guide, with the aim of cultivating well-rounded and qualified talents for the new century, highlighting its function in conducting socialist ideological and political education. The book focuses on system innovation, breaking the limitations of previous political science textbooks that constructed teaching content systems based on classes, parties, ethnic groups, and nations. It is grounded in the realities of world and Chinese political development at the turn of the century, starting from political actors and constructing a new political science teaching system based on new political elements such as political relationships, political environments, political struggles, political management, political participation, political dynamics, political culture, and democratic politics, which aligns with the basic principles of Marxism and the requirements of contemporary development.