Comparative Politics
Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
Published on 15. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-521-63356-7 (ISBN)
Description
Why are the countries of the world governed so differently? How did this diversity of political orders come about? Will liberal capitalism retain its appeal and spread further around the globe in the 21st century, or will new and hostile challengers come on the scene? These are the questions that guide this new introductory text to comparative politics. Cast through the lens of ten theoretically informed and historically grounded country studies, it illustrates and explains how the three major concepts of comparative political analysis - interests, identities, and institutions - shape the politics of nations. A novel feature of this textbook is its explicit discussion of the international challenges to each country's chosen path of development. These challenges frequently alter domestic interests and identities, and force countries to find new institutional solutions to the problems of modern politics. Written in a style free of heavy handed jargon and organized in a way that speaks to contemporary comparativists' concerns, this textbook provides students with the conceptual tools and historical background they need to understand the politics of today's complex world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
13 Tables, unspecified; 11 Maps; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
785 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-63356-7 (9780521633567)
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Jeffrey Kopstein | Mark Lichbach
Comparative Politics
Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
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07/2008
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Jeffrey Kopstein | Mark Lichbach
Comparative Politics
Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
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09/2005
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Jeffrey Kopstein | Mark Lichbach | Stephen E. Hanson
Comparative Politics
Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
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4th Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Today's small world Jeffrey Kopstein and Mark Lichbach; Part I. Introduction: Part II. Our Mantra: A. Global context; 1. Nations and states; 2. Globalizations and heterogeneities; 3. World historical time and conflicts among states; B. Domestic interests, identities, and institutions; 1. Interests; 2. Identities; 3. Institutions; C. Development paths to the modern world; D. Comparative politics feedback; E. International relations feedback; Part III. Why Study Comparative Politics?: A. An empirical perspective to explain; B. A normative perspective: to evaluate; C. Our approach to comparison; Part IV. Conclusion: 1. Early developers; A. Cases; 1. Britain Peter Rutland; 2. France Arista Cirtautas; B. Stop and compare; 2. Middle developers; A. Cases; 3. Germany Andrew Gould; 4. Japan Robert W. Bullock; B. Stop and compare; 1. Early developers and middle developers; 2. Middle developers: Germany and Japan; III. Late Developers; A. Cases; 5. Russia Stephen E. Hanson; 6. China Yu Shan Wu; B. Stop and compare; 1. Early developers, middle developers, and late developers; 2. Late developers: Russia and China; IV. Experimental Developers; A. Cases; 7. Mexico Anthony Gill; 8. India Rudra Sil; 9. Iran Valli Nasr; 10. South Africa Michael Bratton; B. Stop and compare; 1. Early developers, middle developers, late developers, and experimental developers; 2. Late developers: Mexico, India, Iran, and South Africa.