02552cam a22004214a 4500 ocm44818442 OCoLC 20160527150611.0 000815s2001 mauab b 001 0 eng 00063811 DLC eng DLC CRH BTCTA YDXCP TULIB OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ ZAAPA 069730809X 9780697308092 AU@ 000021723730 NZ1 5818093 YDXCP 1740657 (OCoLC)44818442 pcc JF51 .S548 2001 320.3 21 ZAAA Sodaro, Michael J. Comparative politics / Michael J. Sodaro ; with contributions by Nathan J. Brown [and others]. 1st ed. Boston : McGraw-Hill, �2001. xxv, 870 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Comparative government. Comparative government. fast (OCoLC)fst00871341 Brown, Nathan J. Baker and Taylor BTCP 00063811 YBP Library Services YANK 1740657 C0 ZAAPA 35859 35859 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2016-06-02 0 320.3 SOD APA041250 2016-06-02 1 2016-06-02