Free Downloads Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts And Cases In Context, 2nd Edition
Uncomfortable with a strictly thematic approach, or tired of a purely country-by-country organization for your comparative politics course?Teach the way you want to teach with this innovative hybrid book fully accessible to students, easy to teach, and satisfying to professors who want to give students a real sense of the questions that drive research in the field. Organized thematically around important concepts in comparative politics, Who rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why? the book integrates a set of extended case studies in eleven core countries. Serving as consistent geographic touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense substantively not separated from theory or in a separate volume and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context.Features include several core country case studies: Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, India, Iran, Nigeria, Russia, the UK, the U.S., and, new to this edition, Mexico. The book also features new "Methods in Context" boxes that model how comparativists do their research and analysis, "In Context" fact boxes that put eye-opening data into thematic context, "Where and Why?" boxes that explore why certain political outcomes occur in some countries but not in others, and "Country and Concept" tables that display key indicators for core countries.Updates and revisions include: * recent elections around the world and the effects of the global financial crisis and its aftermath, * authoritarian versus totalitarian regimes, * ethnic violence, * racial politics and identity, * economic globalization, * executive-legislative institutions, and * the role of civil society in government.
Paperback: 725 pages
Publisher: CQ Press College; 2nd edition (July 5, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608716686
ISBN-13: 978-1608716685
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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Good comprehensive textbook for comparative politics, covering issues ranging from the role of ideology and religion in national stability to arguments in monetary policy. This text presumes no previous background in international affairs and the format and presentation are comparatively elementary. As others have mentioned, the hybrid format allows for tremendous flexibility in teaching.
Great book, comes with mini case studies that help understand the concepts of each chapter perfectly. Love the side definitions also very elaborate. Unsure if the printing company meant to but pages 94-98 are missing. :-(
I chose this rating cause this was part of my further educational courses . I recommend for people that like cognitive thinking and comparative thinking
personally I don't really like this book. the condition of this book is fairly good, but I don't think the content of this book worths the price
This was one of the best political book I have read so far. I really enjoyed it. I hope I get to read more from the
Even though the book was sold as a used book, it looked exactly like a new, unused book. I was very pleased.
This book was amazing. Wish textbooks were more accessible to everyone.
Great text! Very easy to understand and uber reliable! Thanks!
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