Comparative Politics

9780072512830

0072512830

Part I Comparative Politics: An Overview Chapter One Comparative Politics: What is it? Why Study It? Chapter Two Major Topics of Comparative Politics Chapter Three Critical Thinking about Politics The Logic of Political Science Chapter Four Critical thinking About Politics Hypothesis Testing Chapter Five Power Chapter Six The State and Its Institutions Chapter Seven Nation-States, Nationalism and Supranationalism Chapter Eight Democracy: What is it? Chapter Nine Democracy: How does it work? State Institution -- Electoral Systems Chapter Ten Conditions for Democracy and Democratization Chapter Eleven People and Politics Voters Parties Interest Groups Dissidence Revolution Chapter Twelve Political Culture and Political Psychology Chapter Thirteen Ideology Chapter Fourteen Political Economy Lassiez-Faire Central Planning Mixed Economies Welfare States Chapter Fifteen Developing Countries Part II Comparative Politics: Case Studies Chapter Sixteen The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandChapter Seventeen FranceChapter Eighteen GermanyChapter Nineteen JapanChapter Twenty IsraelChapter Twenty-One RussiaChapter Twenty-Two ChinaChapter Twenty-Three Mexico and BrazilChapter Twenty-Four Nigeria and South Africa