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| a Framework For Understanding Comparative Politics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Big Issues | |
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| Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It? | |
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| Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics | |
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| Plan of the Book | |
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| The Modern State | |
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| Characteristics of the Modern State | |
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| Historical Origins of Modern States | |
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| Strong, Weak, and Failed States | |
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| Case Studies of State Formation | |
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| States and Citizens | |
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| Regimes Regimes, Ideologies, and Citizens | |
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| States and Identity | |
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| The Debate over Identity | |
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| Nations and Nationalism | |
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| Ethnicity and Religion | |
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| Race | |
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| States and Markets | |
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| The Market, Capitalism, and the State | |
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| Key Economic Debates | |
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| Globalization: a New World Order or Déjà Vu All Over Again? | |
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| States and Markets around the World | |
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| Political Systems and How They Work | |
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| Governing Institutions in Democracies | |
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| Institutions Institutions: Executives and Legislatures | |
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| Comparing Executive-Legislative Institutions | |
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| Judiciary | |
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| Bureaucracy | |
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| Federalism | |
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| Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies | |
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| Formal Institutions: The Electoral System | |
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| Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems | |
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| Civil Society | |
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| Contexts | |
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| Authoritarian Institutions | |
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| Governing Institutions in Authoritarian Regimes | |
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| Elections, Parties, and Civil Society in Authoritarian Regimes | |
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| Regime Change | |
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| The Military in Politics: Coups d���Etat | |
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| Revolution | |
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| Democratization | |
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| Issues and Policies | |
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| Globalization, Economic Sovereignty, and Development | |
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| Wealthy Countries: Globalization and Economic Sovereignty | |
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| Development and Globalization | |
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| Welfare, Health, and the Environment When Markets Fail | |
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| �ǣWelfareï¿½Ç : Social Policy in Comparative Perspective | |
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| Health Care and Health Policy | |
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| Environmental Problems and Policy | |
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| Policies and Politics of Inclusion and Clashing Values | |
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| The Debate over Inclusion and Group Rights | |
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| Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State | |
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| Gender: The Continuing Struggle for Equal Social Status, Representation, and Participation | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |