Introducing comparative politics : the essentials

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Introducing comparative politics : the essentials

Stephen Orvis, Carol Ann Drogus

CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, c2019

International student ed

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"Not for sale in the United States & Canada"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

For Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials, the driving force is the pluralist, objective stance on introducing students to core concepts in Comparative Politics. The authors introduce key comparative questions while providing equal strengths and weaknesses of commonly debated theories, structures, and beliefs that push students beyond memorization of country profiles and ever-changing statistics and generate in-class debate over key concepts used in the science of comparative politics. While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials, distills its country material into paragraph-long examples woven seamlessly into the narrative of the text, increasing diverse global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. Learn more at edge.sagepub.com/orvisessentials1e.

Table of Contents

Part I A Framework for Understanding Comparative Politics Chapter 1. Introduction The Big Issues Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It? Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics Chapter 2. The Modern State Characteristics of the Modern State Historical Origins of Modern States Strong, Weak, and Failed States Chapter 3. States, Citizens, and Regimes Citizens and Civil Society Regimes, Ideologies, and Citizens Chapter 4. States and Identity Understanding Identity The Policy Debate Nations and Nationalism Ethnicity Race Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation Part II Political Systems and How They Work Chapter 5. Governing Institutions in Democracies Executives and Legislatures Comparing Executive-Legislative Institutions Judiciary Bureaucracy Federalism Chapter 6. Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies The Electoral System Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems Civil Society Chapter 7. Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution Framing Contentious Politics Political Violence Revolution Chapter 8. Authoritarian Institutions Authoritarian Rule around the World Governing Institutions in Authoritarian Regimes Elections, Parties, and Civil Society in Authoritarian Regimes Chapter 9. Regime Change The Military in Politics: Coups d'Etat Revolution Democratization Part III Political Economy and Policy Chapter 10. Political Economy of Wealth The Market, Capitalism, and the State Key Economic Debates Types of Capitalist Economies Globalization: A New World Order, or Deja Vu All Over Again? Chapter 11. Political Economy of Development What Is "Development"? Development and Globalization The Development Debate Chapter 12. Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment "Welfare": Social Policy in Comparative Perspective Health Care and Health Policy Environmental Problems and Policy

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  • NCID
    BC04570814
  • ISBN
    • 9781544326849
  • LCCN
    2017037839
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 444 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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