Principles of Comparative Politics offers the most comprehensive and
up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and
scholarship. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition, students now
have an even better guide to cross-national comparison and why it
matters. The new edition retains a focus on the enduring questions
with which scholars grapple, the issues about which consensus has
started to emerge, and the tools comparativists use to get at the
complex problems in the field. Among other things, the updates to this
edition include a thoroughly-revised chapter on dictatorships that
incorporates a discussion of the two fundamental problems of
authoritarian rule: authoritarian power-sharing and authoritarian
control; a revised chapter on culture and democracy that includes a
more extensive examination of cultural modernization theory and a new
overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics; a new
section on issues related to electoral integrity; an expanded
assessment of different forms of representation; and a new intuitive
take on statistical analyses that provides a clearer explanation of
how to interpret regression results. Examples from the gender and
politics literature have been incorporated into various chapters, the
Problems sections at the end of each chapter have been expanded, a! nd
the empirical examples and data on various types of institutions have
been updated. Online videos and tutorials are available to address
some of the more methodological components discussed in the book. The
authors have thoughtfully streamlined chapters to better focus
attention on key topics.
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ISBN
9781506318134
Publisert
2018
Utgave
3. utgave
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CQ Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok