TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sodaro,Michael J.
AU  - Brown,Nathan J.
TI  - Comparative politics
SN  - 069730809X
AV  - JF51 .S548 2001
U1  - 320.3 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
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