Foundations of Comparative Politics (Fourth Edition)
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TextPublication details: United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2021ISBN: 978-1-108-92739-0DDC classification: 321.8, NEW Summary: Contents:
. List of Briefing
. List of Controversies
. List of Figures
. List of Tables
. Preface
. List of Abbreviations
. How to use this Book
Introduction
. Why Comparative Politics?
. The Strengths and Weakness of Cross- National
. Comparatives Political Science
. The Problems That Run through the Book- what to Watch for
Part I
. The State: Origins and Development
. The development of Modern State
. What is the State
. Territory, People, Sovereignty
. The Rise of Modern State
. Catalysts: War and Capitalism
. Growth and Retardation after 1945
. Failed State
. State Theories
. What Have We Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
State and Democracy
. Why study States in a Globalized World?
. The Modern State and Democracy
. Measuring and Comparing Democracies
. Redistribution and the Active State
. Theories of Sate and Society
. What have we learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Democratic Change
. Transitions Democracy
. The Limits of Democratization
. Embedded, Partial and Defective Democracies
. Theories of Democratic Change
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Part II
The Polity: Structures and Institutions
. Constitutions
. What a constitution is, and why we have them
. The Separation of power
. Unitary and Federal States
. The limits of Constitutionalism
. Constitutional and Institutional Theories
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Presidential and Parliamentary Government
. Presidential System
. Parliamentary System
. Semi- Presidential System
. Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi- Presidential System Compared
. Theories of Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi- Presidential Government
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Multi-Level Govrnment: International, National and Subnational
. Supranational and International Government
. The National Level: Federal and Unitary States
. Local Government
. The Arguments for and against Centralization and Decentralization
. Theories of Multi – Level Government
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Policy Making and Legislating: Executives and Legislature
. Making Laws: Executive and Legislatures
. The Function of Ligatures
. Theories of Democratic Institution: Consensus and Majoritarian System
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Implementation: The Public Bureaucracy
. The Organization of the State Bureaucracy
. Policy Making and Administration
. The Dictatorship of the Official
. The New Public Management
. Theories of Public Bureaucracy
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Part III
Citizens, Elites and Interest Mediation
. Political Attitude
. Political Behavior
. Political Attire Groups and behavior
. Theories of Political Attitudes and behavior
. What Have We Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Pressure Groups and Social Movements
. Political Connection
. Pressure Groups and Social Movements
in Action Determinants of Power
. Corporatism, Para-Government and Tri-Partism/ Pluralism
. International NGOs
. Group Pressure Groups and Democracy
. Theories of Voluntary Organizations and Pressure Groups
The Media
. The News Media Theory and Practice
. Organizations and Regulation
. Ownership and Control
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Voters and Elections
. Democratic Elections
. Voting Systems
.Voter Turnout
. Party Voting
. Theories of Voting
Party Government
. Party Organization
. Party Families
. Parties in Government
. New Parties and Government
. Theories of Parties
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Part IV
Polies and Performance
. Political Ideologies
. The Nature of Ideology
. Four Main Democratic Ideologies
. Three other school of Thought
. The end of ideology and the end of history
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Policy Making
. Public Policy: Their Nature and Importance
. The Public – Policy Cycle
. Public Policy strictures
. Theories of decision making
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Public Spending and Public Policies
. The Ends and Means of Government
. General Government Expenditure
. Welfare States and Redistribution
. Theories of State Activity
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
The Future of the Democratic State
. States and Sovereignty
. The Retreat of the State
. Democracy without borders
. A Crisis of Democracy
. The Future of Democracy
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Postscript: How and What to Compare?
. Comparing many or few Countries
. Selecting Comparable Countries
. How many Countries is enough?
. Comparing Apples and Oranges
. What have we learned
. Glossary of key Terms
. Index
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Contents:
. List of Briefing
. List of Controversies
. List of Figures
. List of Tables
. Preface
. List of Abbreviations
. How to use this Book
Introduction
. Why Comparative Politics?
. The Strengths and Weakness of Cross- National
. Comparatives Political Science
. The Problems That Run through the Book- what to Watch for
Part I
. The State: Origins and Development
. The development of Modern State
. What is the State
. Territory, People, Sovereignty
. The Rise of Modern State
. Catalysts: War and Capitalism
. Growth and Retardation after 1945
. Failed State
. State Theories
. What Have We Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
State and Democracy
. Why study States in a Globalized World?
. The Modern State and Democracy
. Measuring and Comparing Democracies
. Redistribution and the Active State
. Theories of Sate and Society
. What have we learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Democratic Change
. Transitions Democracy
. The Limits of Democratization
. Embedded, Partial and Defective Democracies
. Theories of Democratic Change
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Part II
The Polity: Structures and Institutions
. Constitutions
. What a constitution is, and why we have them
. The Separation of power
. Unitary and Federal States
. The limits of Constitutionalism
. Constitutional and Institutional Theories
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Presidential and Parliamentary Government
. Presidential System
. Parliamentary System
. Semi- Presidential System
. Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi- Presidential System Compared
. Theories of Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi- Presidential Government
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Multi-Level Govrnment: International, National and Subnational
. Supranational and International Government
. The National Level: Federal and Unitary States
. Local Government
. The Arguments for and against Centralization and Decentralization
. Theories of Multi – Level Government
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Policy Making and Legislating: Executives and Legislature
. Making Laws: Executive and Legislatures
. The Function of Ligatures
. Theories of Democratic Institution: Consensus and Majoritarian System
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Implementation: The Public Bureaucracy
. The Organization of the State Bureaucracy
. Policy Making and Administration
. The Dictatorship of the Official
. The New Public Management
. Theories of Public Bureaucracy
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Part III
Citizens, Elites and Interest Mediation
. Political Attitude
. Political Behavior
. Political Attire Groups and behavior
. Theories of Political Attitudes and behavior
. What Have We Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Pressure Groups and Social Movements
. Political Connection
. Pressure Groups and Social Movements
in Action Determinants of Power
. Corporatism, Para-Government and Tri-Partism/ Pluralism
. International NGOs
. Group Pressure Groups and Democracy
. Theories of Voluntary Organizations and Pressure Groups
The Media
. The News Media Theory and Practice
. Organizations and Regulation
. Ownership and Control
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Voters and Elections
. Democratic Elections
. Voting Systems
.Voter Turnout
. Party Voting
. Theories of Voting
Party Government
. Party Organization
. Party Families
. Parties in Government
. New Parties and Government
. Theories of Parties
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Part IV
Polies and Performance
. Political Ideologies
. The Nature of Ideology
. Four Main Democratic Ideologies
. Three other school of Thought
. The end of ideology and the end of history
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Policy Making
. Public Policy: Their Nature and Importance
. The Public – Policy Cycle
. Public Policy strictures
. Theories of decision making
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Public Spending and Public Policies
. The Ends and Means of Government
. General Government Expenditure
. Welfare States and Redistribution
. Theories of State Activity
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
The Future of the Democratic State
. States and Sovereignty
. The Retreat of the State
. Democracy without borders
. A Crisis of Democracy
. The Future of Democracy
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Postscript: How and What to Compare?
. Comparing many or few Countries
. Selecting Comparable Countries
. How many Countries is enough?
. Comparing Apples and Oranges
. What have we learned
. Glossary of key Terms
. Index
Contents:
. List of Briefing
. List of Controversies
. List of Figures
. List of Tables
. Preface
. List of Abbreviations
. How to use this Book
Introduction
. Why Comparative Politics?
. The Strengths and Weakness of Cross- National
. Comparatives Political Science
. The Problems That Run through the Book- what to Watch for
Part I
. The State: Origins and Development
. The development of Modern State
. What is the State
. Territory, People, Sovereignty
. The Rise of Modern State
. Catalysts: War and Capitalism
. Growth and Retardation after 1945
. Failed State
. State Theories
. What Have We Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
State and Democracy
. Why study States in a Globalized World?
. The Modern State and Democracy
. Measuring and Comparing Democracies
. Redistribution and the Active State
. Theories of Sate and Society
. What have we learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Democratic Change
. Transitions Democracy
. The Limits of Democratization
. Embedded, Partial and Defective Democracies
. Theories of Democratic Change
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Part II
The Polity: Structures and Institutions
. Constitutions
. What a constitution is, and why we have them
. The Separation of power
. Unitary and Federal States
. The limits of Constitutionalism
. Constitutional and Institutional Theories
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Presidential and Parliamentary Government
. Presidential System
. Parliamentary System
. Semi- Presidential System
. Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi- Presidential System Compared
. Theories of Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi- Presidential Government
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Multi-Level Govrnment: International, National and Subnational
. Supranational and International Government
. The National Level: Federal and Unitary States
. Local Government
. The Arguments for and against Centralization and Decentralization
. Theories of Multi – Level Government
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Policy Making and Legislating: Executives and Legislature
. Making Laws: Executive and Legislatures
. The Function of Ligatures
. Theories of Democratic Institution: Consensus and Majoritarian System
. What Have we Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Implementation: The Public Bureaucracy
. The Organization of the State Bureaucracy
. Policy Making and Administration
. The Dictatorship of the Official
. The New Public Management
. Theories of Public Bureaucracy
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Part III
Citizens, Elites and Interest Mediation
. Political Attitude
. Political Behavior
. Political Attire Groups and behavior
. Theories of Political Attitudes and behavior
. What Have We Learned?
. Lessons of Comparison
Pressure Groups and Social Movements
. Political Connection
. Pressure Groups and Social Movements
in Action Determinants of Power
. Corporatism, Para-Government and Tri-Partism/ Pluralism
. International NGOs
. Group Pressure Groups and Democracy
. Theories of Voluntary Organizations and Pressure Groups
The Media
. The News Media Theory and Practice
. Organizations and Regulation
. Ownership and Control
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Voters and Elections
. Democratic Elections
. Voting Systems
.Voter Turnout
. Party Voting
. Theories of Voting
Party Government
. Party Organization
. Party Families
. Parties in Government
. New Parties and Government
. Theories of Parties
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Part IV
Polies and Performance
. Political Ideologies
. The Nature of Ideology
. Four Main Democratic Ideologies
. Three other school of Thought
. The end of ideology and the end of history
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Policy Making
. Public Policy: Their Nature and Importance
. The Public – Policy Cycle
. Public Policy strictures
. Theories of decision making
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Public Spending and Public Policies
. The Ends and Means of Government
. General Government Expenditure
. Welfare States and Redistribution
. Theories of State Activity
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
The Future of the Democratic State
. States and Sovereignty
. The Retreat of the State
. Democracy without borders
. A Crisis of Democracy
. The Future of Democracy
. What Have We Learned
. Lessons of Comparison
Postscript: How and What to Compare?
. Comparing many or few Countries
. Selecting Comparable Countries
. How many Countries is enough?
. Comparing Apples and Oranges
. What have we learned
. Glossary of key Terms
. Index
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