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Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices, 1st Edition
ISBN-10: 0618493190 ISBN-13: 9780618493197
592 Pages Paperbound
© 2010 Published
- Overview
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- About the Author
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- Table of Contents
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- Features
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- New to this Edition
Table of Contents
PART I: COMPARATIVE POLITICS: THEMES AND APPROACHES.
1. The Comparative Study of Politics.
2. The Setting of Politics: Societies, Nations, and States.
PART II: ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND IDENTITY STRUCTURES.
3. Economic Class, Development, and Globalization.
4. Ideas as Structures: Political Culture and Ideology.
5. Identity Structure.
PART III: POLITICAL STRUCTURES.
6. Political Systems and Their Rules.
7. Legislatures and Executives.
8. The Unelected Components of Government: Judiciaries, Bureaucracies, and Militaries.
PART IV: ELITES, MASSES, AND POLITICAL DECISION MAKING.
9. Political Participation, Clientelism, and Interest Groups.
10. Political Parties and Electoral Systems.
11. Leadership and Individual Political Choices.
PART V: USING STRUCTURES AND CHOICES TO UNDERSTAND POLITICAL OUTCOMES.
12. Regime Transitions.
13. Public Policy and Government Performance.
Epilogue: Structured Choices and the Comparative Study of Politics.