Comparative Politics Today : A World View

by Almond, Gabriel A.

• ISBN13: 9780321018588
• ISBN10: 0321018583
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN INC

Summary

This classic text defined the discipline of comparative politics and continues to define the direction of the course by offering the same respected approach in an accessible new edition. The text has been fully updated and the theoretical chapters have been thoroughly revised and restructured. Beginning with chapters explaining structural functionalism theorywhich provides students with a framework for understanding comparative politicsthe text then moves to the 12 individual country studies. Each country study has been written by a pre-eminent specialist on the political system of that nation. The new edition of Comparative Politics Today features a new "Contemporary Problems" section in each study, plus new "Example Boxes" to help students learn.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Issues in Comparative Politics

Comparing Political Systems

System, Process, and Policy

Political Culture and Political Socialization

Interest Articulation

Interest Aggregation and Political Parties

Government and Policy Making

Public Policy

Country Studies

Politics in England, Richard Rose

Politics in France, Martin A. Schain

Politics in Germany, Russell J. Dalton

Politics in Japan, Frances Rosenbluth and Michael F. Thies

Politics in Russia, Thomas F. Remington

Politics in China, Melanie Manion

Politics in Mexico, Wayne A. Cornelius

Politics in Brazil, Frances Hagopian

Politics in Egypt, Ann Mosley Lesch

Politics in India, Subrata K. Mitra

Politics in Nigeria, Oladimeji Aborisade and Robert J. Mundt

Politics in the United States, Austin Ranney

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