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Adapted from the groundbreaking Principles of Comparative Politics, now in its third edition, Foundations of Comparative Politics presents a scientific approach to the rich world of comparative inquiry, research and scholarship, providing students a guide to cross-national comparison and why it matt...

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Main Authors: Clark, William Roberts, 1962- (Author), Golder, Matt (Author), Golder, Sona Nadenichek (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE/CQ Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Comparative government.
Democracy.
Table of Contents:
  • What is science?
  • What is politics?
  • The origins of the modern state
  • The economic determinants of democracy and dictatorship
  • The cultural determinants of democracy and dictatorship
  • Democratic transitions
  • Varieties of dictatorship
  • Problems with group decision making
  • Parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential democracies
  • Elections and electoral systems
  • Social cleavages and party systems
  • Institutional veto players
  • Consequences of democratic institutions.