A pioneering venture, this book is the first major effort toward a
valid comparison of the political systems of Asia, Africa, the Near
East, and Latin America. After establishing a theoretical framework
based on a functional approach to comparative politics, the authors
apply their scheme to Southeast Asia (Lucian W. Pye), South Asia
(Myron Weiner), SubSaharan Africa (James S. Coleman), the Near East
(Dankwart Rustow), and Latin America (George I. Blanksten). In each
area they survey the political background, the nature and function of
political, governmental, and authoritative structures, the processes
of change and means of political integration. The contributors have
performed an extraordinarily difficult feat of classification,
description, synthesis, and analysis in what promises to be a book of
seminal importance in comparative politics. Originally published in
1960. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from
the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal
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Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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ISBN
9781400866977
Publisert
2016
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok