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Comparative politics : integrating theories, methods, and cases / J. Tyler Dickovick, Washington, Lee University, Jonathan Eastwood, Washington and Lee University.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]Description: xxv, 664 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195392104
  • 0195392108
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.3
LOC classification:
  • JF 51  D553c 2013
Contents:
Comparative political analysis -- The state, development, democracy, and authoritarianism -- Institutions of government -- Politics, society, and culture -- The comparative-international nexus -- Country profiles and cases.
Summary: Why do countries have different institutions and forms of government? Why do some social revolutions succeed and endure while others fail? Why are some societies subjected to terrorism and not others? An engaging and accessible introduction to the subject, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases gives students the methodological tools they need to answer the "big questions" in the field. The authors introduce methods early in the text and integrate them throughout in order to help students develop a systematic way of thinking about comparative politics.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JF 51 D553c 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000140031

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comparative political analysis --
The state, development, democracy, and authoritarianism --
Institutions of government --
Politics, society, and culture --
The comparative-international nexus --
Country profiles and cases.

Why do countries have different institutions and forms of government? Why do some social revolutions succeed and endure while others fail? Why are some societies subjected to terrorism and not others? An engaging and accessible introduction to the subject, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases gives students the methodological tools they need to answer the "big questions" in the field. The authors introduce methods early in the text and integrate them throughout in order to help students develop a systematic way of thinking about comparative politics.

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