Comparative Politics
Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases
4th Edition
Published on 1. June 2023
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An engaging and accessible introduction to the subject, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases gives students the methodological tools they need to answer the "big questions" in the field. The authors introduce methods early in the text and integrate them throughout, in Thinking Comparatively features, to help students develop a systematic way of thinking about comparative politics. Offering a hybrid format, the text's unique structure offers the best of thematic and country-by-country approaches. Sixteen succinct thematic chapters--organized around the "big questions" in the field--are followed by a separate section at the end of the book offering full-length profiles and case studies for twelve countries. Examples of some of the "big picture questions discussed in the thematic chapters are, "Why do countries have different institutions and forms of government? Why do some social revolutions succeed and endure while others fail? Why are some societies subjected to terrorism and not others?" Each chapter integrates several standalone country case studies in Case in Context features; these features tie into the narrative, pose questions, and point students to the full case discussions in the country profiles section of the book.
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Comparative Politics is the best text on the market. It encourages critical thinking, promotes a hands-on comparativist experience, and thoroughly engages students with the major themes, debates, and discussions in comparative politics. * Anastasia Kuz-Grady, University of North Carolina, Wilmington* The mix of theory, methodology, and case studies introduces comparative analysis in an accessible way. My students appreciate the text's readability. * Cheryl Van Den Handel, Northeastern State University *
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J. Tyler Dickovick was the Grigsby Term Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Eastwood is a Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University.
Robin LeBlanc is a Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and teaches classes on global politics, gender and politics, political philosophy, urban community, and protest.
Zoila Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor of Politics and a core faculty member of the Latin American and Caribean Studies Program at Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Eastwood is a Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University.
Robin LeBlanc is a Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and teaches classes on global politics, gender and politics, political philosophy, urban community, and protest.
Zoila Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor of Politics and a core faculty member of the Latin American and Caribean Studies Program at Washington and Lee University.
Content
Brief Contents PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
1. The Comparative Approach: An Introduction
2. Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence PART II: The State, Development, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
3. The State
4. Political Economy
5. Development
6. Democracy and Democratization
7. Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown PART III: Institutions of Government
8. Constitutions and Constitutional Design
9. Legislatures and Legislative Elections
10. Executives
11. Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
12. Revolutions and Contention
13. Nationalism and National Identity
14. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
15. Ideology and Religion in Modern Politics PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
16. Comparative Politics and International Relations PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
Brazil China France Germany India Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) Japan Mexico Nigeria Russia (Russian Federation) South Africa
United Kingdom United States Full Contents Insights Preface Maps of the World PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
Chapter 1. The Comparative Approach: An Introduction Asking Why: Research Questions in Comparative Politics Major Questions in Comparative Politics Empirical Arguments Versus Normative Arguments Solving Intellectual Puzzles: A Contemporary Analogy Concepts Features of Good Concepts Conceptualization Operationalizing: From Concepts to Measures
Empirical Evidence Facts and Evidence
Cases and Case Studies The Comparative Method Variables and Comparison Most-Similar-Systems Design
Most-Different-Systems Design Comparative Checking Within-Case Comparison Is the Study of Politics a Science? The Limits of the -Comparative Method Chapter 2. Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence Introduction to Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence Theories Hypotheses How Theories Emerge and Are Used Types of Evidence Hypothesis Testing Correlation Causation Critiques: Using Theories and Evidence Empirical Critiques: Using Deviant Cases Theoretical Critiques: Improving Theories and Hypotheses The Challenges of Measurement: Biases, Errors, and Validity THINKING COMPARATIVELY Qualities of Good Analysis and Argumentation Step 1: Asking Good Questions: Why? Step 2: Hypothesis Testing: Generating Good Hypotheses and Testing Them Fairly Step 3: Balancing Argumentation: Evidence, Originality, and Meaningfulness PART II: The State, Development, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
Chapter 3. The State Concepts The Modern State State Capacity Fragile States The State-Society Relationship Types Characteristics of Modern States Bureaucracy Impersonality Sovereignty
Traditional Functions of States
Defense Policing Taxation Order, Administration, and Legibility
Causes and Effects: Why Did States Emerge and -Expand? Political or Conflict Theories Economic Theories Cultural Theories Diffusion Theories THINKING COMPARATIVELY Great Britain, the United -Kingdom, or Neither? State and Nation in England and Scotland CASES IN CONTEXT
Mexico France United Kingdom Nigeria Chapter 4. Political Economy Concepts Inequality Employment and Inflation Types Markets and States in Modern Economies Markets and Economic Performance States and Economic Performance Economic Functions of Modern States States and Economic Management Investments in Human Capital: Education and Health Infrastructure and Other Public Goods Welfare State Functions Causes and Effects: Why Do Welfare States Emerge? Cultural Changes Industrial Capitalism Mobilization and Political Action International Learning Effects THINKING COMPARATIVELY Welfare States in the Nordic Countries: What Can We Learn and How? CASES IN CONTEXT
United States United Kingdom Japan Germany Chapter 5. Development Concepts Types Poverty Social Outcomes and Human Development Migration and Development
Gender Relations and Racial and Ethnic Identities Satisfaction and Happiness Cultural Development Sustainability Causes and Effects: Why Does Development Happen? Institutions: The Market-State Debate, Revisited Institutions: Beyond the Market-State Debate Culture and Development Civil Society, Social Capital, and Trust Religion Value Systems Systems and Structures: Domestic and International Domestic Economic Structures and Class Interests International Economic Structures and Class Interests Geography THINKING COMPARATIVELY Explaining the Development of North and South Korea CASES IN CONTEXT
India Nigeria China Brazil Chapter 6. Democracy and Democratization Concepts Democracy and Democratic Regimes Procedural (Minimal) Definitions of Democracy Substantive Definitions of Democracy Regime Change and Democratization Types Types of Democracy Representative Democracy Direct Democracy Types of Democratization Democratic Transitions Democratic Consolidation Causes and Effects: What Causes Democratization? Modernization Culture and Democracy The International System Domestic Institutions Agents and Actors: The Role of Individuals and Groups Combining Arguments and Theories: Multiple Causes THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is American Democracy a Model? CASES IN CONTEXT
Brazil China India United States Chapter 7. Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown Concepts Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Regimes Transitions to Authoritarian Regimes Types Types of Authoritarianism Totalitarian Regimes Theocracies Personalistic Dictatorships Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes Hybrid and Semi-authoritarian Regimes Types of Transition (or Nontransition) to Authoritarianism Authoritarian Persistence Democratic Breakdown
Transition to Hybrid or Semi-authoritarian Regime Causes and Effects: What Causes Authoritarian Regimes to Emerge and Persist? Historical Institutionalist Theories Poverty and Inequality State Weakness and Failure Political Culture Theories of Authoritarian Persistence Barriers to Collective Action Special Causal Circumstances Surrounding Hybrid and -Semi-authoritarian Regimes THINKING COMPARATIVELY Why Did Zimbabwe Become and Remain Authoritarian? CASES IN CONTEXT
Iran Russia
Mexico Germany France PART III: Institutions of Government
Chapter 8. Constitutions and Constitutional -Design Concepts Constitutions Constitutional Design Types Flexible and Rigid Constitutions Separation of Powers: Judicial Review and Parliamentary -Sovereignty Federalism and Unitarism Federalism Unitarism Authoritarian and Democratic Constitutions Causes and Effects: What Are the Effects of Federal and Unitary Constitutions? What Constitutional Designs Support Social Stability? What Constitutional Designs Support Democratic Rights? What Constitutional Designs Support the Economy? Judicial Review and Democracy THINKING COMPARATIVELY What Explains the -Similarities Between the Brazilian and South African -Constitutions? CASES IN CONTEXT
United Kingdom Iran Nigeria India United States Chapter 9. Legislatures and Legislative Elections Concepts What Legislatures Are What Legislatures Do Types Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures
Electoral Systems District Systems Proportional Representation (PR) Mixed or Hybrid Executive-Legislative Relations
Causes and Effects: What Explains Patterns of -Representation? Patterns of Representation Electoral Systems and Representation Legislative Decision Making and Representation Executive-Legislative Relations and Representation THINKING COMPARATIVELY Representation in New Zealand and Beyond CASES IN CONTEXT
United Kingdom Brazil Japan Germany United States Chapter 10. Executives Concepts Types Executive Structures: Presidential and Parliamentary Formal Powers Partisan Powers Coalitions Informal Powers Causes and Effects: What Explains Executive -Stability? Stable and Unstable Regimes: Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy Stable and Unstable Executives: Styles of Presidential Rule Stable and Unstable Executives: Patterns of Parliamentary Rule THINKING COMPARATIVELY Beyond the American and British Models CASES IN CONTEXT
France United States Russia China Nigeria Chapter 11. Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups Concepts Political Parties Party Systems
Interest Groups Types Political Parties: Elite, Mass, and Catch-All Parties
Party Systems: Dominant-Party, Two-Party, and Multiparty -Systems
Interest Groups: Pluralism and Corporatism Causes and Effects: Why Do Party Systems Emerge, and What Effects Do They Have? Party Systems and Representation What Factors Shape Party Systems? How Do Party Systems Shape Political Outcomes?
Interest Groups and Representation THINKING COMPARATIVELY Party Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa CASES IN CONTEXT
China Japan Germany Russia Mexico PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
Chapter 12. Revolutions and Contention Concepts What Is "Contention? Revolutionary and Non-Revolutionary Contention 2
Types Social Movements Revolutions Insurgencies and Civil Wars
Terrorism "Everyday Resistance" Thinking About Contention: Summary Causes and Effects: Why Do Revolutions Happen?
Relative Deprivation Resource Mobilization and Political Opportunities Rational Choice
Culture or "Framing" Explanations THINKING COMPARATIVELY The "Arab Spring " of 2011 and Its Legacy
CASES IN CONTEXT
Brazil France Russia China Iran Chapter 13. Nationalism and National Identity Concepts Identity Nationalism, National Identity, and the Nation Types Types of Nationalism
Civic and Ethnic Nationalism Jus Sanguinis and Jus Soli Limits of Typologies in the Study of National Identity Causes and Effects: What Causes Ethno-National -Conflict? Primordial Bonds Cultural Boundaries Material Interests Rational Calculation Social Psychology THINKING COMPARATIVELY Ending Ethnic and National -Violence CASES IN CONTEXT
United Kingdom Mexico Japan Germany Nigeria Chapter 14. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Concepts Race and Ethnicity Gender Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Types Disentangling Race and Ethnicity
Discrimination Based on Race and Ethnicity Gender Discrimination Empowerment of Women and Minority Groups
Causes and Effects: What Factors Influence the Political Representation of Women and Minority Groups?
Social Movement Mobilization Political Parties Based on Gender or Ethnicity Institutions for Promoting Women's and Minority Group -Representation THINKING COMPARATIVELY Measuring Gender -Empowerment CASES IN CONTEXT
Iran Japan
Brazil Mexico India Chapter 15. Ideology and Religion in Modern Politics Concepts Modernity and Modernization 3
Ideology Religion Secularization, Religion, and Modern Politics Religious Conflict Types Modern Ideologies Liberalism Fascism Socialism Modern Forms of Religion in Politics Lay and Religious States Denominationalism Causes and Effects: Why Does Ideology Remain Prevalent in Modern Politics? Why Didn't Ideology (and History) End? THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is Twenty-First-Century Populism an Ideology? CASES IN CONTEXT
Nigeria United Kingdom Russia France Iran PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
Chapter 16. Comparative Politics and International Relations Concepts Issues Globalization and Trade
International Institutions and Integration Immigration
Environment and Sustainability Transnational Networks
Nuclear Threats and Terrorism Causes and Effects: What Are the Main Causes in -International Relations? Realism Liberalism Constructivism Marxism THINKING COMPARATIVELY The EU and Levels of Analysis
CASES IN CONTEXT
United States France Japan Iran India PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
Brazil PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions
Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES
Does the Global Economy Help or Hurt Developing Nations like Brazil? (Chapter 5) Democratic Consolidation in Brazil (Chapter 6)
Electoral Rules and Party (In)Discipline in Brazil's Legislature (Chapter 9) Brazil's Landless Movement (Chapter 12) Gender and Political Representation in Brazil: Where Has Progress Come From? (Chapter 14) China
PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions
Political Economy CASE STUDIES How Did Chaina Become an Economic Power? (Chapter 5) Is China Destined for Democracy? (Chapter 6) Who Governs China? (Chapter 10) The Chinese Party System (Chapter 11) The Chinese Revolution (Chapter 12) France PROFILE Introduction Historical Development
Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture
Political Economy CASE STUDIES The State in France (Chapter 3) Authoritarian Persistence in Nineteenth-Century France (Chapter 7)
Electing the French President: What Do Runoffs Do? (Chapter 10) The French Revolution (Chapter 12) Religion and Secularism in France (Chapter 15) Globalization and Culture in France (Chapter 16 Germany PROFILE
Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES The German State: Unification and Welfare (Chapter 4) Democracy and Authoritarianism in Germany (Chapter 7) Institutional Design: Germany's Bundestag and Bundesrat (Chapter 9) Consensus-Based Politics in Germany (Chapter 11) Ethnic Boundaries of the German Nation? (Chapter 13) India PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES
What Explains India's Recent Growth? (Chapter 5) Democracy's Success in India: What Can We Learn from a "Deviant Case"? (Chapter 6) Federalism and Differences in Development in India (Chapter 8) Ethnicity and Political Parties in India (Chapter 14) India in the Twenty-First Century: Domestic Politics, Identity, and Security (Chapter 16) Indonesia
PROFILE
Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture
Political Economy CASE STUDIES Democratization in Indonesia Populism in Contemporary Indonesia Pancasila, Ethnic Pluralism, and Cultural Diversity Alongside Nation-State Consolidation Gender in Indonesia Islam and Public Life Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions
Political Culture Political Economy
CASE STUDIES Democratic Features of Authoritarian Systems? The Case of Iran (Chapter 7) Constitutional Design: Theocracy in Iran (Chapter 8) Iran's Islamic Revolution and "Green Revolution"? (Chapter 12) Gender in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Politics (Chapter 14) Religion and Politics in Iran (Chapter 15) Iran and the Politics of Nuclear Proliferation (Chapter 16) Japan PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES State-Led Development in Japan (Chapter 4) The Hybrid Electoral System of the Japanese Diet (Chapter 9) How Has Japan's Dominant Party Won for So Long? (Chapter 11) Importing National Identity in Japan? (Chapter 13) Gender Empowerment in Japan? (Chapter 14)
Resource Management in Japan (Chapter 16) Mexico PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Democratic Quality
Political Culture Political Economy Migration
CASE STUDIES The Mexican State and Rule of Law (Chapter 3) Mexico's <"Perfect Dictatorship> " and Its End (Chapter 7) The PRI and Corporatism in Mexico (Chapter 11) Industrialization, Modernity, and National Identity in Mexico (Chapter 13) Why Aren't There Major Ethnic Parties in Mexico? (Chapter 14) Nigeria PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES What Is a Weak State, and Can It Be Changed? The Case of Nigeria (Chapter 3) Why Are Natural Resources Sometimes a Curse? The Nigerian Case (Chapter 5) Federalism and the States in Nigeria: Holding Together or Tearing Apart? (Chapter 8) The Presidency in Nigeria: Powers and Limitations (Chapter 10) The Nigerian Civil War or Biafran War: Nationalism and -Ethno-National Conflict in a Post-colonial Society (Chapter 13) Religious Difference and Conflict in Nigeria: Disentangling -Ethnicity and Religion? (Chapter 15) Russia (Russian Federation) PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES
Oligarchy, Democracy, and Authoritarianism in Russia (Chapter 7) Executives in Russia: Formal and Informal Powers (Chapter 10) Personalism and the Party System in Russia (Chapter 11) The Russian Revolution (Chapter 12) Communist Ideology in Practice: Russia and the Soviet Union (Chapter 15) United Kingdom PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES The State in the United Kingdom (Chapter 3) Political Economy of Britain (Chapter 4) No Constitution? No Supreme Court? Constitutionality in the United Kingdom (Chapter 8) The Mother of Parliaments: The United Kingdom and the -Westminster Model (Chapter 9) National Identity in the United Kingdom (Chapter 13) Liberal Ideology in the United Kingdom (Chapter 15) South Africa
PROFILE
Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES Democratization and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Race and Gender in South Africa One-Party Dominance in South Africa Neoliberalism and Inequality in South Africa United States PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES Did Free Markets Help the United States Get Rich? Will They in the Future? (Chapter 4) Is American Democracy in Trouble? (Chapter 6) Is Judicial Activism in the United States a Problem? (Chapter 8) The United States Congress: Dysfunctional or Functioning by Design? (Chapter 9) "The Most Powerful Person in the World"? Checks on American Presidents (Chapter 10) The United States and the World: A Love-Hate Relationship? (Chapter 16) Notes Glossary References and Further Reading
Credits
Index
1. The Comparative Approach: An Introduction
2. Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence PART II: The State, Development, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
3. The State
4. Political Economy
5. Development
6. Democracy and Democratization
7. Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown PART III: Institutions of Government
8. Constitutions and Constitutional Design
9. Legislatures and Legislative Elections
10. Executives
11. Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
12. Revolutions and Contention
13. Nationalism and National Identity
14. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
15. Ideology and Religion in Modern Politics PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
16. Comparative Politics and International Relations PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
Brazil China France Germany India Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) Japan Mexico Nigeria Russia (Russian Federation) South Africa
United Kingdom United States Full Contents Insights Preface Maps of the World PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
Chapter 1. The Comparative Approach: An Introduction Asking Why: Research Questions in Comparative Politics Major Questions in Comparative Politics Empirical Arguments Versus Normative Arguments Solving Intellectual Puzzles: A Contemporary Analogy Concepts Features of Good Concepts Conceptualization Operationalizing: From Concepts to Measures
Empirical Evidence Facts and Evidence
Cases and Case Studies The Comparative Method Variables and Comparison Most-Similar-Systems Design
Most-Different-Systems Design Comparative Checking Within-Case Comparison Is the Study of Politics a Science? The Limits of the -Comparative Method Chapter 2. Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence Introduction to Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence Theories Hypotheses How Theories Emerge and Are Used Types of Evidence Hypothesis Testing Correlation Causation Critiques: Using Theories and Evidence Empirical Critiques: Using Deviant Cases Theoretical Critiques: Improving Theories and Hypotheses The Challenges of Measurement: Biases, Errors, and Validity THINKING COMPARATIVELY Qualities of Good Analysis and Argumentation Step 1: Asking Good Questions: Why? Step 2: Hypothesis Testing: Generating Good Hypotheses and Testing Them Fairly Step 3: Balancing Argumentation: Evidence, Originality, and Meaningfulness PART II: The State, Development, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
Chapter 3. The State Concepts The Modern State State Capacity Fragile States The State-Society Relationship Types Characteristics of Modern States Bureaucracy Impersonality Sovereignty
Traditional Functions of States
Defense Policing Taxation Order, Administration, and Legibility
Causes and Effects: Why Did States Emerge and -Expand? Political or Conflict Theories Economic Theories Cultural Theories Diffusion Theories THINKING COMPARATIVELY Great Britain, the United -Kingdom, or Neither? State and Nation in England and Scotland CASES IN CONTEXT
Mexico France United Kingdom Nigeria Chapter 4. Political Economy Concepts Inequality Employment and Inflation Types Markets and States in Modern Economies Markets and Economic Performance States and Economic Performance Economic Functions of Modern States States and Economic Management Investments in Human Capital: Education and Health Infrastructure and Other Public Goods Welfare State Functions Causes and Effects: Why Do Welfare States Emerge? Cultural Changes Industrial Capitalism Mobilization and Political Action International Learning Effects THINKING COMPARATIVELY Welfare States in the Nordic Countries: What Can We Learn and How? CASES IN CONTEXT
United States United Kingdom Japan Germany Chapter 5. Development Concepts Types Poverty Social Outcomes and Human Development Migration and Development
Gender Relations and Racial and Ethnic Identities Satisfaction and Happiness Cultural Development Sustainability Causes and Effects: Why Does Development Happen? Institutions: The Market-State Debate, Revisited Institutions: Beyond the Market-State Debate Culture and Development Civil Society, Social Capital, and Trust Religion Value Systems Systems and Structures: Domestic and International Domestic Economic Structures and Class Interests International Economic Structures and Class Interests Geography THINKING COMPARATIVELY Explaining the Development of North and South Korea CASES IN CONTEXT
India Nigeria China Brazil Chapter 6. Democracy and Democratization Concepts Democracy and Democratic Regimes Procedural (Minimal) Definitions of Democracy Substantive Definitions of Democracy Regime Change and Democratization Types Types of Democracy Representative Democracy Direct Democracy Types of Democratization Democratic Transitions Democratic Consolidation Causes and Effects: What Causes Democratization? Modernization Culture and Democracy The International System Domestic Institutions Agents and Actors: The Role of Individuals and Groups Combining Arguments and Theories: Multiple Causes THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is American Democracy a Model? CASES IN CONTEXT
Brazil China India United States Chapter 7. Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown Concepts Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Regimes Transitions to Authoritarian Regimes Types Types of Authoritarianism Totalitarian Regimes Theocracies Personalistic Dictatorships Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes Hybrid and Semi-authoritarian Regimes Types of Transition (or Nontransition) to Authoritarianism Authoritarian Persistence Democratic Breakdown
Transition to Hybrid or Semi-authoritarian Regime Causes and Effects: What Causes Authoritarian Regimes to Emerge and Persist? Historical Institutionalist Theories Poverty and Inequality State Weakness and Failure Political Culture Theories of Authoritarian Persistence Barriers to Collective Action Special Causal Circumstances Surrounding Hybrid and -Semi-authoritarian Regimes THINKING COMPARATIVELY Why Did Zimbabwe Become and Remain Authoritarian? CASES IN CONTEXT
Iran Russia
Mexico Germany France PART III: Institutions of Government
Chapter 8. Constitutions and Constitutional -Design Concepts Constitutions Constitutional Design Types Flexible and Rigid Constitutions Separation of Powers: Judicial Review and Parliamentary -Sovereignty Federalism and Unitarism Federalism Unitarism Authoritarian and Democratic Constitutions Causes and Effects: What Are the Effects of Federal and Unitary Constitutions? What Constitutional Designs Support Social Stability? What Constitutional Designs Support Democratic Rights? What Constitutional Designs Support the Economy? Judicial Review and Democracy THINKING COMPARATIVELY What Explains the -Similarities Between the Brazilian and South African -Constitutions? CASES IN CONTEXT
United Kingdom Iran Nigeria India United States Chapter 9. Legislatures and Legislative Elections Concepts What Legislatures Are What Legislatures Do Types Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures
Electoral Systems District Systems Proportional Representation (PR) Mixed or Hybrid Executive-Legislative Relations
Causes and Effects: What Explains Patterns of -Representation? Patterns of Representation Electoral Systems and Representation Legislative Decision Making and Representation Executive-Legislative Relations and Representation THINKING COMPARATIVELY Representation in New Zealand and Beyond CASES IN CONTEXT
United Kingdom Brazil Japan Germany United States Chapter 10. Executives Concepts Types Executive Structures: Presidential and Parliamentary Formal Powers Partisan Powers Coalitions Informal Powers Causes and Effects: What Explains Executive -Stability? Stable and Unstable Regimes: Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy Stable and Unstable Executives: Styles of Presidential Rule Stable and Unstable Executives: Patterns of Parliamentary Rule THINKING COMPARATIVELY Beyond the American and British Models CASES IN CONTEXT
France United States Russia China Nigeria Chapter 11. Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups Concepts Political Parties Party Systems
Interest Groups Types Political Parties: Elite, Mass, and Catch-All Parties
Party Systems: Dominant-Party, Two-Party, and Multiparty -Systems
Interest Groups: Pluralism and Corporatism Causes and Effects: Why Do Party Systems Emerge, and What Effects Do They Have? Party Systems and Representation What Factors Shape Party Systems? How Do Party Systems Shape Political Outcomes?
Interest Groups and Representation THINKING COMPARATIVELY Party Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa CASES IN CONTEXT
China Japan Germany Russia Mexico PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
Chapter 12. Revolutions and Contention Concepts What Is "Contention? Revolutionary and Non-Revolutionary Contention 2
Types Social Movements Revolutions Insurgencies and Civil Wars
Terrorism "Everyday Resistance" Thinking About Contention: Summary Causes and Effects: Why Do Revolutions Happen?
Relative Deprivation Resource Mobilization and Political Opportunities Rational Choice
Culture or "Framing" Explanations THINKING COMPARATIVELY The "Arab Spring " of 2011 and Its Legacy
CASES IN CONTEXT
Brazil France Russia China Iran Chapter 13. Nationalism and National Identity Concepts Identity Nationalism, National Identity, and the Nation Types Types of Nationalism
Civic and Ethnic Nationalism Jus Sanguinis and Jus Soli Limits of Typologies in the Study of National Identity Causes and Effects: What Causes Ethno-National -Conflict? Primordial Bonds Cultural Boundaries Material Interests Rational Calculation Social Psychology THINKING COMPARATIVELY Ending Ethnic and National -Violence CASES IN CONTEXT
United Kingdom Mexico Japan Germany Nigeria Chapter 14. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Concepts Race and Ethnicity Gender Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Types Disentangling Race and Ethnicity
Discrimination Based on Race and Ethnicity Gender Discrimination Empowerment of Women and Minority Groups
Causes and Effects: What Factors Influence the Political Representation of Women and Minority Groups?
Social Movement Mobilization Political Parties Based on Gender or Ethnicity Institutions for Promoting Women's and Minority Group -Representation THINKING COMPARATIVELY Measuring Gender -Empowerment CASES IN CONTEXT
Iran Japan
Brazil Mexico India Chapter 15. Ideology and Religion in Modern Politics Concepts Modernity and Modernization 3
Ideology Religion Secularization, Religion, and Modern Politics Religious Conflict Types Modern Ideologies Liberalism Fascism Socialism Modern Forms of Religion in Politics Lay and Religious States Denominationalism Causes and Effects: Why Does Ideology Remain Prevalent in Modern Politics? Why Didn't Ideology (and History) End? THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is Twenty-First-Century Populism an Ideology? CASES IN CONTEXT
Nigeria United Kingdom Russia France Iran PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
Chapter 16. Comparative Politics and International Relations Concepts Issues Globalization and Trade
International Institutions and Integration Immigration
Environment and Sustainability Transnational Networks
Nuclear Threats and Terrorism Causes and Effects: What Are the Main Causes in -International Relations? Realism Liberalism Constructivism Marxism THINKING COMPARATIVELY The EU and Levels of Analysis
CASES IN CONTEXT
United States France Japan Iran India PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
Brazil PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions
Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES
Does the Global Economy Help or Hurt Developing Nations like Brazil? (Chapter 5) Democratic Consolidation in Brazil (Chapter 6)
Electoral Rules and Party (In)Discipline in Brazil's Legislature (Chapter 9) Brazil's Landless Movement (Chapter 12) Gender and Political Representation in Brazil: Where Has Progress Come From? (Chapter 14) China
PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions
Political Economy CASE STUDIES How Did Chaina Become an Economic Power? (Chapter 5) Is China Destined for Democracy? (Chapter 6) Who Governs China? (Chapter 10) The Chinese Party System (Chapter 11) The Chinese Revolution (Chapter 12) France PROFILE Introduction Historical Development
Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture
Political Economy CASE STUDIES The State in France (Chapter 3) Authoritarian Persistence in Nineteenth-Century France (Chapter 7)
Electing the French President: What Do Runoffs Do? (Chapter 10) The French Revolution (Chapter 12) Religion and Secularism in France (Chapter 15) Globalization and Culture in France (Chapter 16 Germany PROFILE
Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES The German State: Unification and Welfare (Chapter 4) Democracy and Authoritarianism in Germany (Chapter 7) Institutional Design: Germany's Bundestag and Bundesrat (Chapter 9) Consensus-Based Politics in Germany (Chapter 11) Ethnic Boundaries of the German Nation? (Chapter 13) India PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES
What Explains India's Recent Growth? (Chapter 5) Democracy's Success in India: What Can We Learn from a "Deviant Case"? (Chapter 6) Federalism and Differences in Development in India (Chapter 8) Ethnicity and Political Parties in India (Chapter 14) India in the Twenty-First Century: Domestic Politics, Identity, and Security (Chapter 16) Indonesia
PROFILE
Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture
Political Economy CASE STUDIES Democratization in Indonesia Populism in Contemporary Indonesia Pancasila, Ethnic Pluralism, and Cultural Diversity Alongside Nation-State Consolidation Gender in Indonesia Islam and Public Life Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions
Political Culture Political Economy
CASE STUDIES Democratic Features of Authoritarian Systems? The Case of Iran (Chapter 7) Constitutional Design: Theocracy in Iran (Chapter 8) Iran's Islamic Revolution and "Green Revolution"? (Chapter 12) Gender in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Politics (Chapter 14) Religion and Politics in Iran (Chapter 15) Iran and the Politics of Nuclear Proliferation (Chapter 16) Japan PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES State-Led Development in Japan (Chapter 4) The Hybrid Electoral System of the Japanese Diet (Chapter 9) How Has Japan's Dominant Party Won for So Long? (Chapter 11) Importing National Identity in Japan? (Chapter 13) Gender Empowerment in Japan? (Chapter 14)
Resource Management in Japan (Chapter 16) Mexico PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Democratic Quality
Political Culture Political Economy Migration
CASE STUDIES The Mexican State and Rule of Law (Chapter 3) Mexico's <"Perfect Dictatorship> " and Its End (Chapter 7) The PRI and Corporatism in Mexico (Chapter 11) Industrialization, Modernity, and National Identity in Mexico (Chapter 13) Why Aren't There Major Ethnic Parties in Mexico? (Chapter 14) Nigeria PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES What Is a Weak State, and Can It Be Changed? The Case of Nigeria (Chapter 3) Why Are Natural Resources Sometimes a Curse? The Nigerian Case (Chapter 5) Federalism and the States in Nigeria: Holding Together or Tearing Apart? (Chapter 8) The Presidency in Nigeria: Powers and Limitations (Chapter 10) The Nigerian Civil War or Biafran War: Nationalism and -Ethno-National Conflict in a Post-colonial Society (Chapter 13) Religious Difference and Conflict in Nigeria: Disentangling -Ethnicity and Religion? (Chapter 15) Russia (Russian Federation) PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES
Oligarchy, Democracy, and Authoritarianism in Russia (Chapter 7) Executives in Russia: Formal and Informal Powers (Chapter 10) Personalism and the Party System in Russia (Chapter 11) The Russian Revolution (Chapter 12) Communist Ideology in Practice: Russia and the Soviet Union (Chapter 15) United Kingdom PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES The State in the United Kingdom (Chapter 3) Political Economy of Britain (Chapter 4) No Constitution? No Supreme Court? Constitutionality in the United Kingdom (Chapter 8) The Mother of Parliaments: The United Kingdom and the -Westminster Model (Chapter 9) National Identity in the United Kingdom (Chapter 13) Liberal Ideology in the United Kingdom (Chapter 15) South Africa
PROFILE
Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES Democratization and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Race and Gender in South Africa One-Party Dominance in South Africa Neoliberalism and Inequality in South Africa United States PROFILE Introduction Historical Development Regime and Political Institutions Political Culture Political Economy CASE STUDIES Did Free Markets Help the United States Get Rich? Will They in the Future? (Chapter 4) Is American Democracy in Trouble? (Chapter 6) Is Judicial Activism in the United States a Problem? (Chapter 8) The United States Congress: Dysfunctional or Functioning by Design? (Chapter 9) "The Most Powerful Person in the World"? Checks on American Presidents (Chapter 10) The United States and the World: A Love-Hate Relationship? (Chapter 16) Notes Glossary References and Further Reading
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