Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context

1672 Pages·2020·7.714 MB·English

by  Carol Ann Drogus, Stephen Walter Orvis

A geographical world map highlights North
America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
A geographical world map highlights Europe,
Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa,
Russia, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast
Asia, South Asia, Southwest Asia, the Pacific,
Australia, and New Zealand.
Introducing Comparative Politics
Fifth Edition

Introducing Comparative Politics
Concepts and Cases in Context
Fifth Edition
Stephen Orvis
Hamilton College
Carol Ann Drogus
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Names: Orvis, Stephen Walter, 1959- author. | Drogus, Carol Ann,
author.
Title: Introducing comparative politics : concepts and cases in
context / Stephen Orvis, Hamilton College, Carol Ann Drogus,
Colgate University.
Description: Fifth edition. | Los Angeles : SAGE/CQ Press, [2021]
| Series: Fifth edition. | Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019035765 | ISBN 9781544374451
(paperback) | ISBN 9781544374437 (epub) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Comparative government. | Comparative
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Brief Contents
1. World Map
2. Regional and Country Coverage
3. Preface
4. Acknowledgments
5. About the Authors
6. Part I: A Framework for Understanding
Comparative Politics
1. Chapter 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 2: The Modern State
3. Chapter 3: States, Citizens, and Regimes
4. Chapter 4: States and Identity
7. Part II: Political Systems and How They
Work
1. Chapter 5: Governing Institutions in
Democracies
2. Chapter 6: Institutions of Participation and
Representation in Democracies
3. Chapter 7: Contentious Politics: Social
Movements, Political Violence, and
Revolution
4. Chapter 8: Authoritarian Institutions
5. Chapter 9: Regime Change
8. Part III: Political Economy and Policy
1. Chapter 10: Political Economy of Wealth
2. Chapter 11: Political Economy of
Development
3. Chapter 12: Public Policies When Markets
Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment