Research Catalog

Title

The practice of comparative politics : a reader / edited by Paul G. Lewis, David C. Potter, and Francis G. Castles.

Author

Lewis, Paul G., 1945-

Publication

London ; New York : Longman, 1978.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Potter, David C.
• Castles, Francis G. (Francis Geoffrey), 1943-

Description

viii, 380 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Series Statement

Set books / Open University

Uniform Title

Set books (Open University)

Subject

• Comparative government
• 89.00 political science: general
• Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft
• Politieke wetenschappen

Genre/Form

Educational tools (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents

What is politics? I. / R.A. Dahl -- What is politics? II. / Max Weber -- The nature of comparative analysis / R.C. Macridis -- Comparative politics / G.A. Almond -- Comparative government / S.E. Finer -- Why does M. Rouget, a French worker, vote communist? / A. Przeworski and H. Teune -- Does the civil service expand regardless of the amount of work (if any) to be done? / C.N. Parkinson -- What is the best form of constitution? / Aristotle -- How does a democracy come into existence? / D.A. Rustow -- Do public policies vary in different types of democratic system? / B.C. Peters, J.C. Doughtie, and M.K. McCulloch -- Why do different governments make different decisions and pursue different policies? / A. King -- Why do revolutions occur? / J.C. Davies -- Why have the outcomes of the Russian and Chinese revolutions been different? / T. Skocpol -- Non-comparable data / R. Holt and J. Turner -- Biased data / R. Jenkins -- Inescapable subjective judgments / A. Hacker -- Faulty concepts / G. Sartori -- Is a science of comparative politics possible? / A.C. MacIntyre -- The explanation of politics : comparison, strategy, and theory / G. Roberts -- Comparative politics : methods or theories? / R. Looker -- Comparative history / L.M. Salamon -- The primacy of politics / G.D. Paige.

ISBN

• 0582490332
• 9780582490338

LCCN

78040212

OCLC

• ocm04135086
• 4135086
• SCSB-166645

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library