{"product_id":"introducing-comparative-politics-international-student-edition-9781071807705","title":"Introducing Comparative Politics  International","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized thematically around important questions in comparative politicsWho rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why?\u003cstrong\u003eIntroducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition\u003c\/strong\u003eintegrates a set of extended case studies of 11 core countries directlyinto the narrative. Serving as touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense topicallynot separated from theory or in a separate volumeand vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. The book's hybrid organization allows instructors to teach the way you want to teach and gives students a more accurate sense of comparative study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 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    Case Studies of State Formation    Case Study: Germany: The First Modern Welfare State    Case Study: Japan: Determined Sovereignty    Case Study: United Kingdom: The Long Evolution Of A Strong State    Case Study: The United States: A Consciously Crafted State    Case Study: Mexico: Challenges To Internal Sovereignty    Case Study: China: Economic Legitimacy Over Political Reform    Case Study: Brazil: A Moderately Strong, and Now Legitimate, Modern State    Case Study: India: Enduring Democracy In A Moderately Weak State    Case Study: Russia: Strong External Sovereignty with Weak Rule of Law    Case Study: Iran: Claiming Legitimacy Via Theocracy    Case Study: Nigeria: An Extremely Weak State    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    Case Study: United Kingdom: “Cradle of Democracy”    Case Study: Russia: The First Self-Proclaimed Communist Regime    Case Study: Germany: Rise of the Nazi Party and a Totalitarian State    Case Study: Brazil: A Modernizing Authoritarian Regime in Military Form, 1964–1985    Case Study: Nigeria: A Personalist Regime in Uniform, 1993–1998    Case Study: Mexico: Electoral Authoritarianism under the PRI    Case Study: The Islamic Republic of Iran: Theocratic State, 1979–    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    Case Study: Nationalism in Germany    Ethnicity    Case Study: The Evolving Role of Ethnicity in Nigeria    Race    Case Study: Racial Politics in the United States    Social Class    Case Study: The United Kingdom: Evolving Class Politics in a Class-divided Society    Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State    Case Study: India: Secularism in a Religious and Religiously Plural Society    Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation    Case Study: Iran: Women’s Social Gains, Political and Cultural Restrictions, and Islamic Feminism    Case Study: Brazil: LGBTQ Rights in a New Democracy    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    Case Study: Parliamentary Rule in Britain and India    Case Study: Presidentialism in the United States and Brazil    Case Study: Russia: Semipresidentialism in a New Democracy with Weak Institutions    Comparing Executive-Legislative Institutions    Judiciary    Case Study: The Judiciary: Brazil    Bureaucracy    Case Study: Bureaucratic Control and Corruption: Japan    Federalism    Case Study: Federalism: Mexico, India, and Russia    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    Case Studies in Participation and Representation    Case Study: The United Kingdom: SMD\/FPTP, Two Parties, and Pluralism    Case Study: Germany: A Multiparty System and Neocorporatism under Threat    Case Study: Japan: From Dominant-Party to Two-Party System?    Case Study: Brazil: Parties and Civil Society in a Young Democracy    Conclusion    Key Concepts    Works Cited    Resources for Further Studies    Web Resources Chapter 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution    Framing Contentious Politics    Case Study: The United States: The Tea Party and the Resistance    Political Violence    Case Study: Mexico: The Zapatista Rebellion    Case Study: Nigeria: Boko Haram and Terrorism    Revolution    Case Study: Revolution: China and Iran    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    Case Study: China: From Communist to Modernizing Authoritarian Rule    Case Study: Russia: Creating an Electoral Authoritarian Regime    Case Study: Iran: A Theocratic, Electoral Authoritarian Regime    Conclusion    Key Concepts    Works Cited    Resources for Further Study    Web Resources Chapter 9: Regime Change    Trends in Regime Change    Regime Change: Transitions to Democracy    Case Study: Mexico: Transition from an Electoral Authoritarian Regime    Case Study: Nigeria: Neopatrimonial Transition    Regime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian Rule    Case Study: Comparing Coups: Brazil and Nigeria 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?    States and Markets around the World    Case Study: The United States: The Free-Market Model    Case Study: United Kingdom: Radical Reform in a Liberal Market Economy    Case Study: Germany: Struggling to Reform a Coordinated Market Economy    Case Study: Japan: The Developmental State and Its Crisis    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    Case Studies in Development    Case Study: Mexico: From Protectionism to Neoliberalism    Case Study: China: An Emerging Powerhouse    Case Study: India: Development and Democracy    Case Study: Iran: Struggling with the Blessings of Oil    Case Study: Nigeria: A Weak State, Oil, and Corruption    Conclusion    Key Concepts    Works Cited    For Further Study    Web Resources Chapter 12: Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment    “Welfare”: Social Policy in Comparative Perspective    Case Study: Germany: Reforming The Christian Democratic Welfare State    Case Study: The United States: Reforming the Liberal Welfare State    Case Study: Brazil: Starting a Welfare State in a Developing Economy    Health Care and Health Policy    Case Study: Germany: Pioneer of Modern Health Policy    Case Study: United Kingdom: Reforming the NHS    Case Study: U.S. Health Policy: Trials and Tribulations of the Market Model    Environmental Problems and Policy    Case Study: The United States: Pioneer That Lost Its Way?    Case Study: China: Searching for Sustainable Development    Conclusion    Key Concepts    Works Cited    Resources for Further Study    Web Resources Glossary Index","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738196128087,"sku":"9781071807705","price":119.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/introducing-comparative-politics-international-student-edition-9781071807705","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}