Understanding comparative politics : a framework for analysis /

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Comparative politics has undergone significant theoretical changes in recent decades. Particularly since the 1980s, a new generation of scholars have revamped and rejuvinated the study of the subject. Mehran Kamrava examines current and past approaches to the study of comparative politics and propos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kamrava, Mehran, 1964-
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Comparative government.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Approaches to comparative analysis
  • 2. Theories of comparative politics: a brief overview
  • The state
  • The political system
  • Bringing the state back in
  • Conclusion
  • Part II. The comparative study of politics
  • 3. A synthesis
  • An alternative approach
  • Conclusion
  • 4. States and social institutions
  • State institutions
  • Social institutions
  • Conclusion
  • 5. A framework for analysis
  • The state-in-society approach
  • A sharper focus
  • Analytical applications
  • Conclusion
  • Part III. State in comparative perspective
  • 6. Democratic states
  • State classifications
  • First world democracies
  • New democracies
  • Pseudo-democracies
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Non-democratic states
  • Inclusionary populist regimes
  • Bureaucratic-authoritarian dictatorships
  • Conclusion
  • Part IV. State-society interactions: revolution & democratization
  • 8. Revolutions
  • Causes of revolutions
  • State breakdown
  • Revolutionary mass mobilization
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Democratization
  • Civil society and civil society organizations
  • Democratic transitions
  • Conclusion
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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