Introduction to Comparative Politics The State and Its Challenges

Name: Introduction to Comparative Politics The State and Its Challenges
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ISBN: 9780521758383

ISBN-10: 0521758386

ISBN-13: 9780521758383

Edition: 2012

Authors: Robert Hislope, Anthony Mughan

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This stimulating and accessible introduction to comparative politics offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of political science. Its central theme is the enduring political significance of the modern state despite severe challenges to its sovereignty. There are three main sections to the book. The first traces the origins and meaning of the state and proceeds to explore its relationship to the practice of politics. The second examines how states are governed and compares patterns of governance found in the two major regime types in the world today, democracy and authoritarianism. The last section discusses several contemporary challenges – globalization, ethnic nationalism,…

Book details

List price: $77.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 346
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Robert Hislope is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Union College.

Anthony Mughan is Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies at the Ohio State University.




The modern state



States and politics



How governments work



Frameworks of governance



Linkage and representation



Globalization



Ethnic nationalism



Terrorism



Organized crime8



Conclusion