Description
Book SynopsisFeatures four distinguished scholars in political science who analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the US political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance.
Trade Review"The scholarship here is impressive. This book is surely unique in the depth of its comparative description of the United States and the systematic nature of the comparative analysis."—G. Bingham Powell Jr., author of
Elections as Instruments of Democracy "
A Different Democracy overcomes the traditional segmentation of political science into American and comparative politics, choosing a sensible analytical focus instead: democratic political institutions. The book will be the premier introduction to this subject for undergraduate and graduate students for years to come."
—Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University, author of
The Transformation of European Social Democracy
