Contents

Предисловие 3

UNIT 1: WHAT IS POLITICS? 5

Text 1: Defining politics 5

Scan reading 7

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 8

Grammar: The Infinitive in different syntactical functions 14

Text 2: Different views of politics 15

Skim reading 16

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 17

Grammar: The Infinitive complexes 19

Text 3: Многоликий мир политики 23

Text 4: Concepts, models and theories 24

Summary 25

Questions for discussion 26

UNIT 2: GOVERNMENTS, SYSTEMS AND REGIMES... 27

Text 1: Traditional systems of classification 27

Scan reading 28

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 31

Grammar: The Gerund 34

Text 2: Regimes of the modern world 38

Skim reading 39

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 43

Grammar: The Gerund .- 47

Text 3: Полиархия 52

Text 4: Classical typologies 52

Summary 55

Questions for discussion 55

UNIT 3: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES 56

Text 1: What is political ideology? 56

Scan reading reading 58

Terminology and lopieiil vombul.itv exercises 58

Grammar. The Participles 61

Text 2: Liberalism and гопмтгиИчт 64

Skim reading 65

Terminology and topicul viHiibulaiv exercises 67

Grammar: The Participle.4 in dillcienl syntactical functions.... 70

Text 3: Патерналистский консерватизм 76

Text 4: The end of ideology? 77

Summary 78

Questions for discussion 79

UNIT 4: DEMOCRACY 80

Text 1: Conceptions of democracy 80

Scan reading 82

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 84

Grammar revision: The Gerund or The Infinitive? 86

Text 2: Democracy in practice 90

Skim reading 92

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 95

Grammar revision: The Participles, Passive voice 99

Text 3: Демократия 102

Text 4: Defining democracy 102

Summary 104

Questions for discussion 105

UNIT 5: GLOBAL POLITICS 106

Text 1: A new world order 106

Scan reading 107

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 110

Grammar: Modal verbs (must) 114

Text 2: Toward world government 119

Skim reading 120

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 122

Grammar: Modal verbs (must have done) 125

Text 3: Политика в условиях глобализации 130

Text 4: Understanding global politics 130

Summary 132

Questions for discussion 132

UNIT 6: POLITICAL CULTURE AND LEGITIMACY 134

Text 1: Political socialisation 134

Scan reading 135

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 137

Grammar: Modal verbs (can/could) 142

Text 2: Legitimacy and political stability 147

Skim reading 148

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 150

Grammar: Modal verbs (may/might) 154

Text 3: Почему происходят революции? 157

Text 4: Legitimation crisis 157

Summary 159

Questions for discussion 160

UNIT 7: REPRESENTATION, ELECTIONS AND VOTING 161

Text 1: Theories of representation 161

Scan reading 163

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 166

Grammar: Conditional sentences 170

Text 2: Electoral systems 175

Skim reading 176

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 179

Grammar: Conditional sentences 182

Text 3: Функции выборов 186

Text 4: Voting behaviour 187

Summary 189

Questions for discussion 190

UNIT 8: PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS 191

Text 1: Party politics 191

Scan reading 193

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 195

Grammar: Conditional sentences 198

Text 2: Party systems 201

Skim reading 202

I Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 206

Grammar revision: Conditional sentences 209

Text 3: Функции партий 214

Text 4: The decline of parties? 215

Summary 217

Questions for discussion 219

UNIT 9: POLICY PROCESS

AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE 220

Text 1: Theories of decision making 220

Scan reading 222

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 226

Grammar revision 229

Text 2: System performance 233

Skim reading 234

Terminology and topical vocabulary exercises 238

Grammar revision 241

Text 3: Стадии в процессе политики 247

Text 4: Democracy performance 249

Summary 251

Questions for discussion 251

UNIT 10 252

Texts for reading, translation and discussion 252

Topical vocabulary 268

Glossary 282

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