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| Preface | |
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| Correlation Guide | |
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| Topic Guide | |
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| Internet References | |
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| Citizen Participation: The Foundation of Political Stability and Impetus for Change | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| What Democracy Is . . . and Is Not | |
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| Public Opinion: Is There a Crisis?, The Economist, July 17, 1999 | |
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| Advanced Democracies and the New Politics | |
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| Referendums: The People’s Voice, The Economist, August 14, 1999 | |
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| Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States | |
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| People Power: In Africa, Democracy Gains Amid Turmoil, Sarah Childress, The Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2008 | |
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| Bin Laden, the Arab "Street," and the Middle East’s Democracy | |
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| Political Parties and Interest Groups: From Preferences to Policies | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require? | |
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| Interest Groups: Ex Uno, Plures, The Economist, August 21, 1999 | |
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| Political Parties: Empty Vessels?, The Economist, July 24, 1999 | |
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| Asia’s Democracy Backlash | |
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| Civil Society, Youth and Societal Mobilization in Democratic Revolutions | |
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| The Executive: Instituting Accountability and Responsiveness | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Angela Merkel’s Germany | |
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| Russia’s Transition to Autocracy | |
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| How Did We Get Here?: Mexican Democracy after the 2006 Elections | |
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| Behind the Honduran Mutiny | |
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| Thailand in 2008: Crises Continued | |
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| Iranian Infighting Leaves Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Isolated | |
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| The Legislature: Representation and the Effects of Electoral Systems | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Discipline, Accountability, and Legislative Voting in Latin America | |
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| The Case for a Multi-Party U.S. Parliament?: American Politics in Comparative Perspective | |
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| India’s Election: Singh When You’re Winning, Delhi, Nandigram, and Wardha, The Economist, May 21, 2009 | |
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| Fragile Signs of Hope Emerging in the Gloom of Mugabe’s Rule | |
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| Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities, from Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities | |
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| Rwanda: Women Hold up Half the Parliament, Elizabeth Powley, in Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, Revised Edition (2005) | |
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| The Bureaucracy and Judiciary: Unelected Policy Thugs or Expert Policymakers? | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Judicial Review: The Gavel and the Robe, The Economist, August 7, 1999 | |
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| Political Influence on the Bureaucracy: The Bureaucracy Speaks | |
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| Reclaiming Democracy: The Strategic Uses of Foreign and International Law by National Courts | |
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| The Making of a Neo-KGB State, The Economist, August 25, 2007 | |
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| Beijing Censors Taken to Task in Party Circles | |
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| Public Policy: Defining Public, Effects and Trade-Offs | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| The Formation of State Actor-Social Movement Coalitions and Favorable Policy Outcomes | |
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| What Drives Health Policy Formulation: Insights from the Nepal Maternity Incentive Scheme? | |
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| An Economist’s Invisible Hand | |
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| New Hopes on Health Care for American Indians | |
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| Breaking with Past, South Africa Issues Broad AIDS Policy | |
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| France Fights Universal Care’s High Cost | |
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| Trends and Challenges: Institutional Change through Capitalism, Globalization or Supra-National Government? | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| China: The Quiet Revolution: The Emergence of Capitalism | |
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| Capitalism and Democracy | |
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| Anti-Americanisms: Biases as Diverse as the Country Itself | |
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| The True Clash of Civilizations | |
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| The EU and Its "Constitution": Public Opinion, Political Elites, and Their International Context, Alberta Sbragia, PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2006 | |
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