Revel for Comparative Politics -- Combo Access Card

by Samuels, David J

• ISBN13: 9780135192597
• ISBN10: 0135192595
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2018-07-24
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A thematic, question-driven approach to comparative politics
Revel™ Comparative Politics shows students how to perform real comparative analysis while introducing them to political institutions, identities, and interests. Utilizing an engaging question-based chapter structure, author David Samuels helps students learn to formulate their own political arguments and to thus be more critically informed and engaged political participants. Because politics is an ever-changing subject of study, the author has updated the 2nd Edition to reflect recent developments of note such as the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the rise of nationalism (as evidenced in Brexit and the election of Donald Trump), as well as numerous new examples throughout.

Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience – for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.

NOTE: This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience. In addition to this access code, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Author Biography

David Samuels is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego in 1998. His research and teaching interests include Brazilian and Latin American politics, US—Latin American relations, and democratization.

Professor Samuels has published articles in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and the British Journal of Political Science, among others. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation (in 1996 and 1999) and the McKnight Foundation (in 2001), and was awarded Fulbright Fellowships in 2004 and 2013.

Table of Contents

1.    Doing Comparative Politics
2. The State
3. Democratic Political Regimes
4. Non-Democratic Political Regimes
5. Regime Change
6. Political Identity
7. Religion and Politics
8. Gender and Politics
9. Collective Action
10. Political Violence
11. Political Economy of Development
12. The Political Economy of Redistribution
13. Globalization