Ishiyama Comparative Politics

Principles of Democracy and Democratization
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4292-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: POPS - Principles of Political Science

By revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinderdemocratic development, Comparative Politics shows howdemocracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given acountry's unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural andinternational circumstances.
* Addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinderdemocratic development
* Reveals that democracy may not be the best institutionalarrangement given a country's unique set of historical, economic,social, cultural and international circumstances
* Applies theories and principles relating to the promotion ofthe development of democracy to the contemporary case studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ishiyama, John T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Comparative Politics and Democracy.
2 Democracy and Democratization in Historical Perspective.
3 Economics and Political Development.
4 Political Culture and Ethnopolitics.
5 Social Structure and Politics.
6 Democratization and the Global Environment.
7 Electoral Systems.
8 Legislatures and Executives.
9 Comparative Judicial Politics and the Territorial Arrangementof the Political System.
10 Conclusion: Principles in Application.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

John T. Ishiyama is Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Political Science Education. Professor Ishiyama is the author of six books and over 100 articles on political science-related issues. He studies the politics of post-communist eastern and central Europe and Africa (especially Ethiopia).