Foundations of comparative politics : democracies of the modern world
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Foundations of comparative politics : democracies of the modern world
（Cambridge textbooks in comparative politics）
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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This authoritative new introductory text covers the key concepts, theories and issues involved in the study of comparative politics. Focusing on democratic government, it covers all important topics in the field from constitutional design and institutions; through mass and elite politics, groups, parties, the media and governments; to policy making and implementation. The final chapter considers the future of the state and democracy in a globalising world. The authors draw on experiences and examples from around the world, and the book includes extensive supporting apparatus for students and teachers, including briefings, fact files, key terms, guides to further reading, and related websites. Each chapter ends with a section dealing with the major theoretical approaches to the subject. The aim is to give students a clear and comprehensive account of democratic politics and government at the start of the twenty first century.
Table of Contents
- Part I. The State: Origins and Development: 1. The development of the modern state
- 2. The democratic state
- Part II. The Polity: Structures and Institutions: 3. Constitutions
- 4. Presidential and parliamentary government
- 5. Multi-level government: international, national and sub-national
- 6. Policy-making and legislating: executives and legislatures
- 7. Implementation: the public bureaucracy
- Part III. Citizens, Elites, and Interest Mediation: 8. Political attitudes and behaviour
- 9. Pressure groups and social movements
- 10. The mass media
- 11. Voters and elections
- 12. Parties and governments
- Part IV. Policies and Performances: 13. Political ideologies: conservatism, liberalism, Christian democracy and socialism
- 14. Decision-making
- 15. Defence and security
- 16. Welfare
- 17. The future of the democratic state.
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