Comparative politics today : a theoretical framework
G. Bingham Powell
Bok · Engelsk · 2012
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| Omfang | xii, 210 sider : illustrasjoner, figurer
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| Utgave | Sixth edition
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| Opplysninger | Tidligere utgaver utgitt med tittelen : Comparative politics : a theoretical framework. - I Introduction -- ch. 1 Issues in Comparative Politics -- What Is Politics? -- Governments and the State of Nature -- Why Governments? -- When Does Government Become the Problem? -- Political Systems and States -- Diversity of States -- Challenges: Building Community -- Fostering Economic Development -- Fostering Democracy, Human Rights, and Civil Liberties -- Looking Forward -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- ch. 2 Comparing Political Systems -- Why We Compare -- How We Compare -- How We Explain and Predict -- Political Systems: Environment and Interdependence -- Political Systems: Structures and Functions -- Illustrative Comparison: Regime Change in Russia -- Policy Level: Performance, Outcome, and Evaluation -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- pt. II System, Process, and Policy -- ch. 3 Political Culture and Political Socialization -- Mapping the Three Levels of Political Culture -- Why Culture Matters -- Political Socialization -- Agents of Political Socialization -- Trends Shaping Contemporary Political Cultures -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- ch. 4 Interest Articulation -- Citizen Action -- How Citizens Participate -- Interest Groups -- Civil Society -- Interest-Group Systems -- Access to the Influential -- Interest-Group Development -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- ch. 5 Interest Aggregation and Political Parties -- Personal Interest Aggregation -- Institutional Interest Aggregation -- Competitive Party Systems and Interest Aggregation -- Authoritarian Party Systems -- Military and Interest Aggregation -- Trends in Interest Aggregation -- Significance of Interest Aggregation -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- ch. 6 Government and Policymaking -- Constitutions and Decision Rules -- Democracy and Authoritarianism -- Separation of Government Powers -- Geographic Distribution of Government Power -- Limitations on Government Power -- Checking the Top Policymakers -- Assemblies -- Political Executives -- Bureaucracy -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- ch. 7 Public Policy -- Government and What It Does -- Public Policy Outputs -- Domestic Policy Outcomes -- International Outcomes -- Complexity of Policy Choice -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes.. - Presenting the revised and updated theoretical chapters from the bestselling Comparative Politics Today, this text is a brief survey of the fundamental concepts students need to study government and politics.Beginning with a discussion of the purpose of government and of the methods for comparing political systems, the text then examines system, process, and policy as well as essential themes in comparative politics, like democratization, identity and community, and economic and social development. Through the seminal theoretical framework created by Gabriel Almond and G. Bingham Powell and refined by Kaare Strom and Russell Dalton, students will learn to make insightful comparisons no matter what countries they are studying.
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| Emner | komparativ sammenlignende politikk statsvitenskap
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| ISBN | 0205082866. - 9780205082865
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