Research Catalog

Title

Comparative politics / Michael J. Sodaro ; with contributions by Nathan J. Brown [and others].

Author

Sodaro, Michael J.

Publication

Boston : McGraw-Hill, ©2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Brown, Nathan J.

Description

xxv, 870 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Subject

Comparative government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Concepts and critical thinking -- 1. Comparative politics : what is it? Why study it? -- 2. Major topics of comparative politics -- 3. Critical thinking about politics : (I) analytical techniques of political science -- 4. Critical thinking about politics : (II) the logic of hypothesis testing -- 5. Power -- 6. The state and its institutions -- 7. Nation-states, nationalism, and supranationalism -- 8. Democracy : what is it? -- 9. Democracy : how does it work? State institutions and electoral systems -- 10. Conditions for democracy and democratization : ten conditions, Poland, Romania -- 11. People and politics : voters, parties, interest groups, dissidence, revolution -- 12. Political culture and political psychology -- 13. Ideology -- 14. Political economy: Laissez-Faire, central planning, mixed economies, welfare states -- 15. The politics of development : South Korea, India -- pt. 2. Countries and leaders -- 16. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- 17. France -- 18. Germany -- 19. Japan / Dean W. Collinwood -- 20. Israel / Nathan J. Brown -- 21. Russia -- 22. China / Bruce J. Dickson -- 23. Mexico and Brazil / Joseph L. Klesner -- 24. Nigeria and South Africa / Timothy D. Sisk.

ISBN

• 069730809X
• 9780697308092
• 0071202021
• 9780071202022

LCCN

00063811

OCLC

• ocm44818442
• 44818442
• SCSB-8787692

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library