Redefining comparative politics : promise versus performance

Author(s)

• Mayer, Lawrence C.

Bibliographic Information

Redefining comparative politics : promise versus performance

Lawrence C. Mayer

（Sage library of social research, v. 173）

Sage Publications, c1989

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Over the past three decades, comparative politics has undergone significant change. It has been transformed from geographically defined studies to comparative analysis and the construction of explanatory theory. This book evaluates the current state of, and trends within, comparative politics. The author reviews the literature in the field and the major topics of research. He argues that the transformation of the discipline, the `revolution in comparative politics', fell well short of its expectations.

Table of Contents

Introduction Revolutions and Thermidorean Reactions The Epistemology of Social Science and the Comparative Method Development, Ethnocentrism and Dependency Theory and Polemic Industrial Democracies Parties and Political Behavior Micro Level Analysis Culture, Violence, and Personality Kremlinology, Autocracies and Comparative Politics Conclusions Whither Comparative Politics?

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Details

• NCID: BA09929516
• ISBN:
  • 0803934637
  • 0803934645
• LCCN: 89034765
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newbury Park, Calif. ; London
• Pages/Volumes: 303 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JF51
  • DC20 : 320.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Comparative government
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00008221