Concepts of Comparative Politics

Name: Concepts of Comparative Politics
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ISBN: 9780275936532

ISBN-10: 0275936538

ISBN-13: 9780275936532

Edition: 1991

Authors: Martin Needler

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This text contains an analysis of the key concepts, hypotheses, and models of comparative politics. The work of key theorists is examined. Concepts include revolution, dictatorship, political development, legitimacy, and others. The author formulates ways in which the key concept can be made clearer, the hypothesis can be modified to give it more explanatory power, or the model refined so that it approximates empirical reality more closely. Political ideology is presented as a particular descriptive understanding of the world, together with a prescription for desirable political outcomes. In politics the danger comes from too much ideological thinking, or from too little. The Concepts of…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/30/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction


Crisis and Discontinuity Revolution Totalitarianism and Dictatorship Legitimacy Developmental Perspectives Political Development Political Issues in Developmental Perspective Military Rule and the Single-Party System in the Third World Political Infrastructure Political Culture Social Class and Politics


The Two-Party System Political Institutions Pressure Groups, Bureaucrats, and Policymaking Executives, Legislatures and the Separation of Powers


The Parliamentary-Presidential Hybrid Conclusion Identity, Interest, Ideology


Bibliography


Index