Introducing Comparative Politics
The Essentials
Second Edition
Carol Ann Drogus
- Colgate University, USA
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Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials is focused on core concepts and the big picture questions in comparative politics—Who rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why? Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of commonly debated theories, structures, and beliefs and push students to apply their understanding.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’ Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’ Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
Contents
World Map
World Map
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
PART I. A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPARATIVE POLITICS
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It?
- Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics
- 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
- 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
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 4: States and Identity
- Understanding Identity
- The Policy Debate
- Nations, Nationalism, and Immigration
- Ethnicity
- Race
- Social Class
- Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
PART II. POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK
- CHAPTER 5: Governing Institutions in Democracies
- Executives and Legislatures
- Comparing Executive–Legislative Institutions
- Judiciary
- Bureaucracy
- Federalism
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 6: Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies
- The Electoral System
- Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems
- Civil Society
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution
- Framing Contentious Politics
- Political Violence
- Revolution
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 8: Authoritarian Institutions
- Trends in Authoritarian Rule
- The Dictator’s Dilemma: Governing Authoritarian Regimes
- Elections, Parties, and Legislatures
- Clientelism and Civil Society
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 9: Regime Change
- Trends in Regime Change
- Regime Change: Transitions to Democracy
- Regime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian Rule
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
PART III. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY
- CHAPTER 10: Political Economy of Wealth
- The Market, Capitalism, and the State
- Key Economic Debates
- Types of Capitalist Economies
- Globalization: A New World Order, or Déjà Vu All Over Again?
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 11: Political Economy of Development
- What Is “Development”?
- Development and Globalization
- The Development Debate
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources For Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 12: Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment
- “Welfare”: Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
- Health Care and Health Policy
- Environmental Problems and Policy
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
Glossary
Glossary
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials is focused on core concepts and the big picture questions in comparative politics—Who rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why? Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of commonly debated theories, structures, and beliefs and push students to apply their understanding.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’ Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’ Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
Contents
World Map
World Map
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
PART I. A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPARATIVE POLITICS
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It?
- Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics
- 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
- 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
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 4: States and Identity
- Understanding Identity
- The Policy Debate
- Nations, Nationalism, and Immigration
- Ethnicity
- Race
- Social Class
- Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
PART II. POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK
- CHAPTER 5: Governing Institutions in Democracies
- Executives and Legislatures
- Comparing Executive–Legislative Institutions
- Judiciary
- Bureaucracy
- Federalism
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 6: Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies
- The Electoral System
- Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems
- Civil Society
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution
- Framing Contentious Politics
- Political Violence
- Revolution
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 8: Authoritarian Institutions
- Trends in Authoritarian Rule
- The Dictator’s Dilemma: Governing Authoritarian Regimes
- Elections, Parties, and Legislatures
- Clientelism and Civil Society
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 9: Regime Change
- Trends in Regime Change
- Regime Change: Transitions to Democracy
- Regime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian Rule
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
PART III. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY
- CHAPTER 10: Political Economy of Wealth
- The Market, Capitalism, and the State
- Key Economic Debates
- Types of Capitalist Economies
- Globalization: A New World Order, or Déjà Vu All Over Again?
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 11: Political Economy of Development
- What Is “Development”?
- Development and Globalization
- The Development Debate
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources For Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 12: Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment
- “Welfare”: Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
- Health Care and Health Policy
- Environmental Problems and Policy
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
Glossary
Glossary
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Introducing Comparative Politics
The Essentials
January 2020 | 424 pages | CQ Press
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Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials is focused on core concepts and the big picture questions in comparative politics—Who rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why? Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of commonly debated theories, structures, and beliefs and push students to apply their understanding.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’ Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’ Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
Table Of Contents:
- World Map
- Preface
- About the Authors
- PART I. A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPARATIVE POLITICS
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It?
- Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics
- 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
- 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
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 4: States and Identity
- Understanding Identity
- The Policy Debate
- Nations, Nationalism, and Immigration
- Ethnicity
- Race
- Social Class
- Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State
- Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- PART II. POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK
- CHAPTER 5: Governing Institutions in Democracies
- Executives and Legislatures
- Comparing Executive–Legislative Institutions
- Judiciary
- Bureaucracy
- Federalism
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 6: Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies
- The Electoral System
- Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems
- Civil Society
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution
- Framing Contentious Politics
- Political Violence
- Revolution
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 8: Authoritarian Institutions
- Trends in Authoritarian Rule
- The Dictator’s Dilemma: Governing Authoritarian Regimes
- Elections, Parties, and Legislatures
- Clientelism and Civil Society
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 9: Regime Change
- Trends in Regime Change
- Regime Change: Transitions to Democracy
- Regime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian Rule
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- PART III. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY
- CHAPTER 10: Political Economy of Wealth
- The Market, Capitalism, and the State
- Key Economic Debates
- Types of Capitalist Economies
- Globalization: A New World Order, or Déjà Vu All Over Again?
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 11: Political Economy of Development
- What Is “Development”?
- Development and Globalization
- The Development Debate
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources For Further Study
- Web Resources
- CHAPTER 12: Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment
- “Welfare”: Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
- Health Care and Health Policy
- Environmental Problems and Policy
- Conclusion
- Key Concepts
- Works Cited
- Resources for Further Study
- Web Resources
- Glossary
- Index
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