Comparative politics : nations and theories in a changing world
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Comparative politics : nations and theories in a changing world
Prentice Hall, c2001
3rd ed
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  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
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  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For undergraduate-level courses in Comparative Politics, European Politics.
This text combines theoretical and comparative introductions to each of the three major political worlds-Western democracies, modern autocracies, and less developed systems-with descriptions of structures, processes, events, and trends in a diverse array of nations.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.
I. MODERN DEMOCRACIES.
2. Industrial Democracies: Ideals and Reality.
3. Government and Politics in Great Britain.
4. Government and Politics in France: The End of French Exceptionalism.
5. Germany: Emerging Superpower with a Troubled Past.
II. AUTOCRACIES IN TRANSITION.
6. Transitions to Democracy.
7. Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
8. The Nature of Political Development in the People's Republic of China.
III. POLITICS IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
9. The Less Modernized Nations and Political Development.
10. Nigeria: Tribalism and Cultural Diversity.
11. Modernization and Democratization in Latin America: Argentina and Brazil.
12. Mexico: An Emerging Democracy.
13. Conclusions: Trends and Prospects in a Changing World.
Index.
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