Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts And Cases In Context

1197 Pages·2017·55.61 MB·English

by  Stephen Orvis, Carol Ann Drogus

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Introducing Comparative Politics
Fourth Edition
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Introducing Comparative Politics
Concepts and Cases in Context
Fourth Edition
STEPHEN ORVIS
Hamilton College
CAROL ANN DROGUS
Colgate University
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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,
Carol Ann Drogus.
Description: Fourth edition | Los Angeles : CQ Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016051048 | ISBN 9781506375465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Comparative government. | Comparative government—Case studies.
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Brief Contents
World Map
Regional and Country Coverage
Preface
About the Authors
PART I A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2. THE MODERN STATE
CHAPTER 3. STATES, CITIZENS, AND REGIMES
CHAPTER 4. STATES AND IDENTITY
PART II POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK
CHAPTER 5. GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS IN
DEMOCRACIES
CHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONS OF PARTICIPATION AND
REPRESENTATION IN DEMOCRACIES
CHAPTER 7. CONTENTIOUS POLITICS: SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND REVOLUTION
CHAPTER 8. AUTHORITARIAN INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 9. REGIME CHANGE
PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY
CHAPTER 10. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WEALTH
CHAPTER 11. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 12. PUBLIC POLICIES WHEN MARKETS FAIL:
WELFARE, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Glossary
Index
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Detailed Contents
World Map
Regional and Country Coverage
Preface
About the Authors
PART I A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
The Big Issues
Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study
It?
Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics
What Explains Political Behavior?
Who Rules?
Where and Why?
Plan of the Book
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 2. THE MODERN STATE
Characteristics of the Modern State
Historical Origins of Modern States
Strong, Weak, and Failed States
Case Studies of State Formation
The Strongest States
Case Study: Germany: The First Modern Welfare State
Case Study: United Kingdom: The Long Evolution of a Strong
State
Case Study: The United States: A Consciously Crafted State
Case Study: Japan: Determined Sovereignty
Moderately Strong States
Case Study: Brazil: A Moderately Strong, and Now Legitimate,
Modern State
Case Study: Mexico: Challenges to Internal Sovereignty
Case Study: China: Economic Legitimacy over Political Reform
Case Study: India: Enduring Democracy in a Moderately Weak
State
Case Study: Russia: Strong External Sovereignty with Weak Rule
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of Law
The Weakest States
Case Study: Iran: Claiming Legitimacy via Theocracy
Case Study: Nigeria: An Extremely Weak State
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 3. STATES, CITIZENS, AND REGIMES
Citizens and Civil Society
Regimes, Ideologies, and Citizens
Liberal Democracy
Case Study: United Kingdom: “Cradle of Democracy”
Communism
Case Study: Russia: The First Self-Proclaimed Communist
Regime
Fascism
Case Study: Germany: Rise of the Nazi Party and a Totalitarian
State
Modernizing Authoritarianism
Case Study: Brazil: A Modernizing Authoritarian Regime in
Military Form, 1964–1985
Personalist Regimes
Case Study: Nigeria: A Personalist Regime in Uniform, 1993–
1998
Electoral Authoritarianism
Case Study: Mexico: Electoral Authoritarianism under the PRI
Theocracy
Case Study: The Islamic Republic of Iran: Theocratic State,
1979–
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 4. STATES AND IDENTITY
Understanding Identity
The Policy Debate
The Demands of Identity Groups
Arguments for Group Rights and Recognition
Arguments against Group Rights
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