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Comparing apples and mangoes : the overpoliticized state in developing countries
- Title
- Comparing apples and mangoes : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / S.N. Sangmpam.
- Author
- Sangmpam, S. N.
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2007.
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- Description
- ix, 335 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-316) and index.
- Contents
- Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-6081
- ISBN
- 0791471136 (alk. paper)
- 9780791471135 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006021970
- OCLC
- 70676502
- Author
- Sangmpam, S. N.
- Title
- Comparing apples and mangoes : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / S.N. Sangmpam.
- Imprint
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-316) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-6081