Principles of Comparative Politics by William R. Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona N. Golder offers a view into the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. The Fourth Edition of this groundbreaking book gives readers meaningful insight into how cross-national comparison is actually conducted and why it matters.
Principles of Comparative Politics by William R. Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona N. Golder offers a view into the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. The Fourth Edition of this groundbreaking book gives readers meaningful insight into how cross-national comparison is actually conducted and why it matters.
William Roberts Clark is head of the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University and a fellow at the Institute for the Study of Religion at Baylor University. He is the author of Capitalism, Not Globalism, and his articles have appeared in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Political Analysis, and European Union Politics, among other journals. He has been teaching at a wide variety of public and private schools (William Paterson College, Rutgers University, Georgia Tech, Princeton, New York University, and the University of Michigan) for more than three decades.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. What Is Science? 3. What Is Politics? 4. The Origins of the Modern State 5. Democracy and Dictatorship: Conceptualization and Measurement 6. The Economic Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship 7. The Cultural Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship 8. Democratic Transitions 9. Varieties of Dictatorship 10. Problems with Group Decision Making 11. Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Democracies 12. Elections and Electoral Systems 13. Parties, Party Systems, and Party Competition 14. Institutional Veto Players 15. Consequences of Democratic Institutions
1. Introduction 2. What Is Science? 3. What Is Politics? 4. The Origins of the Modern State 5. Democracy and Dictatorship: Conceptualization and Measurement 6. The Economic Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship 7. The Cultural Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship 8. Democratic Transitions 9. Varieties of Dictatorship 10. Problems with Group Decision Making 11. Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Democracies 12. Elections and Electoral Systems 13. Parties, Party Systems, and Party Competition 14. Institutional Veto Players 15. Consequences of Democratic Institutions
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This book provides an excellent introduction to the science of comparative politics. The authors have expertly crafted a thematic arrangement of topics that provides students with a cutting-edge introduction to the state of our discipline. The book really has few peers in this regard. Christopher Hale
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