Introduction to Comparative Politics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618214461 ISBN 13: 9780618214464

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Written by a distinguished group of comparativists, this innovative and accessible introductory text surveys 12 key countries organized according to their level of political development: established democracies, transitional democracies, and non-democracies. The country studies illuminate four comparative themes in a global context: the world of states, examining the interaction of states within the international order; governing the economy, covering the role of the state in economic management; the democratic idea, discussing the pressure for more democracy and the challenges of democratization; and the politics of collective identities, studying the political impact of diverse attachments and sources of group identity.

• All 12 country studies, as well as two additional studies, are available in an online database. Instructors may choose from among these chapters (a minimum of 7) to create a customized text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618214461
• ISBN 13: 9780618214464
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 671
• Editor: Kesselman Mark