Comparing Political Regimes: A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition - Softcover

Siaroff, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1487525362 ISBN 13: 9781487525361

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2022

Synopsis

Comparing Political Regimes provides a current and comprehensive empirical assessment of the world’s 195 sovereign states. Alan Siaroff analyses and classifies countries in terms of economic development, political evolution, and state strength, ultimately outlining and contrasting the aspects of four regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-open autocracies, and closed autocracies.

The fourth edition explains institutional differences within democracies and autocracies respectively, including how regimes evolve in key countries and how this change is incremental. An invaluable reference for students to refer to, this book provides a thorough foundational introduction to the comparative politics of countries and contains several unique figures and tables on the world’s sovereign states. This new edition modifies the conceptual focus regarding some features of democracy and democratic party systems, expands on variations in autocracies, and adds a new chapter on the historical evolution of democracy, including key thresholds of representative democracy and levels of participation and competition at various historical junctures for all countries.

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About the Author

Alan Siaroff is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Lethbridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487525362
• ISBN 13: 9781487525361
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 352