Comparative Politics Structures and Choices

Name: Comparative Politics Structures and Choices
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ISBN: 9780618493197

ISBN-10: 0618493190

ISBN-13: 9780618493197

Edition: 2010

Authors: Lowell Barrington

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Taking a unique approach, the exciting new COMPARATIVE POLITICS: STRUCTURE AND CHOICE begins each chapter with an introduction of relevant concepts and then ties those concepts together by applying them to the governments of ten countries. This model enables readers to easily compare and contrast the structures and choices of like governments--and put concepts in the context of today's political climate.

Book details

List price: $172.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Lowell W. Barrington is Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. His teaching and research specializations include post-Communist politics, ethnicity and nationalism, democratization, and political science research methodology. Dr. Barrington received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1995.




The Comparative Study of Politics



How (and Why) to Compare Politics in Different Countries



The Setting of Politics: Societies, States, and Nations



Economic Cultural, and Identity Structures



Economic Class, Development, and Globalization



Political Culture and Ideology



Collective Identities and Social Divisions



Political Structures



Political Systems



Legislatures and Executives



Judiciaries, Bureaucracies, and Militaries



Elites, Masses, and Political Decision-Making



Political Participation, Clientelism, and Interest Groups



Political Parties and Electoral Systems



Leadership and Individual Political Choices



Using Structures and Choices to Understand Political Outcomes



Regime Transitions



Public Policy and Government Performance



"Structured Choices" and the Comparative Study of Politics