Countries and Concepts
Introduction to Comparative Politics
5th Edition
Published on 14. December 1994
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-13-176025-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text on comparative politics takes a country-by-country approach, providing students with an historical background pertinent to current political events. It includes election results from Germany and Brazil, as well as five new chapters on Japan. The material on Russia has been updated to include coverage of the difficulties facing the new reformist democracy, its possibility of failure, and the reasons underlying the collapse of Communism. It is designed for courses in comparative politics in departments of Political Science.
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Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
859 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-176025-7 (9780131760257)
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Content
What to Look For. PART 1. GREAT BRITAIN. Britain: The Impact of the Past. Britain: The Key Institutions. British Political Attitudes. Britain: Patterns of Interaction. What Britons Quarrel About. PART 2. FRANCE. France: The Impact of the Past. France: The Key Institutions. French Political Attitudes. France: Patterns of Interaction. What the French Quarrel About. PART 3. GERMANY. Germany: The Impact of the Past. Germany: The Key Institutions. German Political Attitudes. Germany: Patterns of Interaction. What Germans Quarrel About. PART 4. RUSSIA. Russia: The Impact of the Past. Russia: The Key Institutions. Russian Political Attitudes. Russia: Patterns of Interaction. What Russians Quarrel About. PART 5. JAPAN. Japan: Impact of the Past. Japan: The Key Institutions. Japanese Political Attitudes. Japan: Patterns of Interaction. What Japanese Quarrel About. PART 6. THE THIRD WORLD. China. Brazil. South Africa. Lessons of Eight Countries.