This program provides a general‎,‎ comparative introduction to the major concepts and themes of political science‎.‎ The title of the book‎,‎ Power & Choice‎,‎ indicates a subsidiary theme that recurs at intervals‎.‎ We may view politics as ‎(‎1‎)‎ the use of power or ‎(‎2‎)‎ the production of a public choice‎.‎ Often one or the other is heavily emphasized in approaching the subject‎.‎ Marxism emphasizes politics as the use of power‎,‎ while pluralism and much formal modeling work emphasize the emergence of public choices‎.‎