02281cam a22003254a 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036010001700077040007200094020001500166020001800181035002000199042000800219050002100227082001400248100002300262245010000285250001200385260003700397300005100434336002600485337002800511338002700539504005100566505123500617650002801852650005401880700002101934ocm44818442 OCoLC20160527150611.0000815s2001    mauab    b    001 0 eng    a   00063811   aDLCbengcDLCdCRHdBTCTAdYDXCPdTULIBdOCLCFdOCLCOdOCLCQdZAAPA  a069730809X  a9780697308092  a(OCoLC)44818442  apcc00aJF51b.S548 200100a320.32211 aSodaro, Michael J.10aComparative politics /cMichael J. Sodaro ; with contributions by Nathan J. Brown [and others].  a1st ed.  aBoston :bMcGraw-Hill,c�2001.  axxv, 870 pages :billustrations, maps ;c26 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.2 apt. 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. 0aComparative government. 7aComparative government.2fast0(OCoLC)fst008713411 aBrown, Nathan J.