Comparative Politics
Notes and Readings
10th Edition
Published on 11. July 2005
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Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-534-60130-0 (ISBN)
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Explore issues and trends brought to the fore by the attacks of 9/11: clash and dialogue of civilizations, with reference notably to Islamism; the impact of modernization/globalization on the traditional state; and the growing uncertainties of democratization in post-communist systems and developing countries with COMPARATIVE POLITICS: NOTES AND READINGS. This thought-provoking text covers the entire field of comparative politics and introduces you to influential concepts so you can analyze and understand the major crises of our time. A review panel of political scientists drawn from the most prestigious universities in China singled out Brown's COMPARATIVE POLITICS as "a classic of the literature of the West," calling it "the most famous work in the field."
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INTRODUCTION: ON COMPARING NATIONS. 1. How and Why Compare. Roy C. Macridis, The Search for Focus. Robert H. Bates, Area Studies and the Discipline. Mark Blyth, Interests and Ideas. Robert D. Putnam, The Public Role of Political Science. PART ONE. POLITICAL CHANGE AND THE STATE. 2. Modernization/Globalization. Karl Marx, British Rule in India. Samuel H. Beer, Dynamics of Modernization. Ronald Inglehart, Modernization and Postmodernization. H. V. Savitch, What is New About Globalization? 3. State and Identity. Max Weber, What is a State? Theda Skocpol, Bringing the State Back In Liah Greenfeld, Varieties of Nationalism Donald L. Horowitz, A Right to Secede? 4. Governing Globalization. John Gerard Ruggie, Territoriality and Beyond. Jurgen Habermas, Nation-State or Global State? Anne-Marie Slaughter, Everyday Global Governance. Marc F. Plattner, Sovereignty and Democracy. 5. Revolution and Protest. S. N. Eisenstadt, Frameworks of the Great Revolutions. Francois Furet, On Revolutions: French, American, and Russian. Kurt Schock, Nonviolent Action. Bernard E. Brown Revolution and Anomie. PART TWO. PATTERNS OF LEGITIMACY. 6. Democracies. Susan J. Pharr, Robert D. Putnam, and Russell J. Dalton, Trouble in the Advanced Democracies? Russell J. Dalton, Susan E. Scarrow, and Bruce E. Cain, The New Politics in Advanced Democracies. Bernard E. Brown, Worker Democracy: A Test Case 7. Transition to Democracy. Guillermo O?Donnell, Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies. Thomas Carothers, The End of the Transition Paradigm. Larry Diamond, Universal Democracy? 8. Authoritarianism: Old and New. Aristotle, On Democracy and Tyranny. Andrew C. Janos, What Was Communism? Lilia Shevtsova, Bureaucratic Authoritarianism in Russia. Andrew J. Nathan, Authoritarian Resilience in China. 9. The Challenge of Islamism. Lisa Wedeen, Beyond the Crusades. Walter Laqueur, The Terrorism to Come. Fareed Zakaria, Islam, Democracy, and Constitutional Liberalism. PART THREE. POLITICAL DYNAMICS, DECISIONS, AND EFFICACY. 10. Political Parties. Robert Michels, The Iron Law of Oligarchy. Richard Gunther and Larry Diamond, Species of Political Parties. Seymour Martin Lipset, The Americanization of the European Left. Piero Ignazi, The Rise of New Political Parties. 11. Do Institutions Matter? James March and Johan Olsen, Institutional Perspectives. Arend Lijphart, Constitutional Design for Divided Societies. Nathan J. Brown, Judicial Review. 12. Political Performance. Joel D. Abernach and Bert A. Rockman, Governance and Outcomes. Herbert Simon, Organizations and Markets. Graham Wilson, In a State? Robert A. Dahl, Equality vs. Inequality.More details
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10th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
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Cengage Learning, Inc
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
636 gr
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978-0-534-60130-0 (9780534601300)
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INTRODUCTION: ON COMPARING NATIONS. 1. How and Why Compare. Roy C. Macridis, The Search for Focus. Robert H. Bates, Area Studies and the Discipline. Mark Blyth, Interests and Ideas. Robert D. Putnam, The Public Role of Political Science. PART ONE. POLITICAL CHANGE AND THE STATE. 2. Modernization/Globalization. Karl Marx, British Rule in India. Samuel H. Beer, Dynamics of Modernization. Ronald Inglehart, Modernization and Postmodernization. H. V. Savitch, What is New About Globalization? 3. State and Identity. Max Weber, What is a State? Theda Skocpol, Bringing the State Back In Liah Greenfeld, Varieties of Nationalism Donald L. Horowitz, A Right to Secede? 4. Governing Globalization. John Gerard Ruggie, Territoriality and Beyond. Jurgen Habermas, Nation-State or Global State? Anne-Marie Slaughter, Everyday Global Governance. Marc F. Plattner, Sovereignty and Democracy. 5. Revolution and Protest. S. N. Eisenstadt, Frameworks of the Great Revolutions. Francois Furet, On Revolutions: French, American, and Russian. Kurt Schock, Nonviolent Action. Bernard E. Brown Revolution and Anomie. PART TWO. PATTERNS OF LEGITIMACY. 6. Democracies. Susan J. Pharr, Robert D. Putnam, and Russell J. Dalton, Trouble in the Advanced Democracies? Russell J. Dalton, Susan E. Scarrow, and Bruce E. Cain, The New Politics in Advanced Democracies. Bernard E. Brown, Worker Democracy: A Test Case 7. Transition to Democracy. Guillermo O?Donnell, Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies. Thomas Carothers, The End of the Transition Paradigm. Larry Diamond, Universal Democracy? 8. Authoritarianism: Old and New. Aristotle, On Democracy and Tyranny. Andrew C. Janos, What Was Communism? Lilia Shevtsova, Bureaucratic Authoritarianism in Russia. Andrew J. Nathan, Authoritarian Resilience in China. 9. The Challenge of Islamism. Lisa Wedeen, Beyond the Crusades. Walter Laqueur, The Terrorism to Come. Fareed Zakaria, Islam, Democracy, and Constitutional Liberalism. PART THREE. POLITICAL DYNAMICS, DECISIONS, AND EFFICACY. 10. Political Parties. Robert Michels, The Iron Law of Oligarchy. Richard Gunther and Larry Diamond, Species of Political Parties. Seymour Martin Lipset, The Americanization of the European Left. Piero Ignazi, The Rise of New Political Parties. 11. Do Institutions Matter? James March and Johan Olsen, Institutional Perspectives. Arend Lijphart, Constitutional Design for Divided Societies. Nathan J. Brown, Judicial Review. 12. Political Performance. Joel D. Abernach and Bert A. Rockman, Governance and Outcomes. Herbert Simon, Organizations and Markets. Graham Wilson, In a State? Robert A. Dahl, Equality vs. Inequality.