Comparative Politics

Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order
2. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-84316-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1037 g

Now in a completely updated second edition, this textbook has become a favorite for the introductory undergraduate course in comparative politics. It features ten theoretically and historically grounded country studies that show how the three major concepts of comparative analysis - interests, identities, and institutions - shape the politics of nations. Throughout the presentation, countries appear in the context of a changing global order that creates challenges to each country's path of development. These challenges frequently alter domestic interests and identities, and force countries to find new institutional solutions to the problems of modern politics. Written in a style free of heavy-handed jargon and organized to address the concerns of contemporary comparativists, this textbook provides students with the conceptual tools and historical background they need to understand the politics of our complex world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kopstein, Jeffrey

Lichbach, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. What is comparative politics? Jeffrey Kopstein and Mark Lichbach; 2. The framework of analysis Jeffrey Kopstein and Mark Lichbach; 3. Britain Peter Rutland; 4. France Arista Maria Cirtautas; 5. Germany Andrew C. Gould; 6. Japan Miranda A. Schreurs; 7. Russia Stephen E. Hanson; 8. China Yu Shan Wu; 9. Mexico Anthony Gill; 10. India Rudra Sil; 11. Iran Vali Nasr; 12. South Africa Michael Bratton.

Über Autor(innen)

Kopstein, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Kopstein is the author of The Politics of Economic Decline in East Germany, 1945-1989 (1997). He has published over 40 articles in scholarly journals and books. He is currently Director of the Institute of European Studies at the University of Toronto.

Lichbach, Mark
Mark Irving Lichbach is Professor and Chair of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of many books, including the award-winning The Rebel's Dilemma, and of numerous articles that have appeared in scholarly journals in political science, economics, and sociology.

Jeffrey Kopstein is the author of The Politics of Economic Decline in East Germany, 1945-1989 (1997). He has published over 40 articles in scholarly journals and books. He is currently Director of the Institute of European Studies at the University of Toronto.