Political Science Fundamentals (Second Edition) 21st Century Political Science Series Textbooks

Author: Wang Puqu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is the revised edition of Foundations of Political Science. The author employs the Marxist interest analysis method to conduct an in-depth analysis of two types of social interests, including class interests. Taking this as the logical starting point, it reveals the two logical mainlines of political power in social and political life. The analysis is carried out from aspects such as political behavior, political systems, and political culture. This includes the analysis of political authority as political power behavior (political domination and political administration) and political rights as political power behavior (political participation). It also examines the analysis of the state and the ruling party as manifestations of political power in terms of organization and institutions, as well as the non-ruling party and political associations as manifestations of political rights in terms of organization and institutions. Furthermore, it analyzes political thought as the ideological form of political power, which is a major aspect of social and political culture, and political psychology as the spiritual reflection of political rights and their transformation into political power. Finally, it analyzes the phenomenon of social and political development based on the interaction between political power and political rights caused by changes and developments in social interest relationships. It can be seen that Foundations of Political Science (Second Edition) has a more rigorous and novel theoretical system in political science compared to the edition. The author strives to absorb new theoretical research achievements in political science and related disciplines under the guidance of Marxism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the Important Thought of "Three Represents," actively and correctly, to elaborate on the content of the foundations of political science. This book rethinks the meaning of politics as the logical starting point of political analysis and presents new theoretical discussions on political rights, political domination, and political administration. At the same time, it provides new elaborations on important theoretical viewpoints in the book in line with Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Important Thought of "Three Represents," and the Scientific Outlook on Development. This aims to constitute a political science theory that is scientific, practical, contemporary, and highly explanatory.