Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction - Hardcover

John McCormick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350932515 ISBN 13: 9781350932517

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

Offering a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, this new edition helps students to understand not just the institutions and political cultures of their own countries but also those of a wide range of democracies and authoritarian regimes from around the world.

This new edition offers:
-A revised structure to aid navigation and understanding
-New learning features, 'Using Theory' and 'Exploring Problems', designed to help students think comparatively
-Empirical global examples, with increased coverage of non-Western scholarship and analyses
-Coverage of important contemporary topics including: minorities; LGBTQ+ issues; identity politics; women in politics; political trust; populism; Covid-19.

Featuring a wide range of engaging learning features, this book is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Comparative Politics, Comparative Government, Introduction to Politics and Introduction to Political Science.

About this title

About the Author

John McCormick is Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA, and is author of a number of Red Globe Press’s bestselling books in politics, including Cases in Comparative Government and Politics, Introduction to Global Studies, Understanding the European Union and European Union Politics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350932515
• ISBN 13: 9781350932517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 524