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9780136155560

Comparative Politics : An Institutional and Cross-National Approach

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    9780136155560

  • ISBN10:

    0136155561

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-16
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Comparative Politics, World Politics, as well as Introduction to Politics with a comparative focus. Written in aclear, jargon-free style, Comparative Politicsemphasizes political institutions and behavior-rather than on abstract conceptual frameworks.This approach makes the text more accessible to introductory students than most other texts on comparative politics. It features both across-nationalapproach which focuses helping students develop develop acomparativeunderstanding of the types ofinstitutions(e.g., constitutions, executives, legislatures, political parties, etc.)-as well as acountry-by-countryapproach that examines those institutions within the contexts of eight different countries. This approach allows students to develop the ability to look how all the "pieces" fit together in various countries.

Table of Contents

Comparative Political Analysis: An Introduction
Why Do We Study Politics?
How Do We Study Politics?
The Nature of Comparative Political Analysis
The Political System
Political Culture
The Institutional Approach
The Comparative Method in Perspective
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