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Comparative politics : approaches and issues / Howard J. Wiarda ; with the assistance of Esther M. Skelley.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiarda, Howard J., 1939-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comparative government.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., [2007]
- Summary:
- Beginning with an introduction to the field of comparative politics, this clear and complete text moves on to explore new, innovative directions in the field. Leading scholar Howard J. Wiarda explores its main approaches, including political development, political culture, dependency theory, corporatism, indigenous theories of change, state-society relations, rational choice, and the new institutionalism. The book then turns its attention to the hot issues in the field: Can democracy and human rights be transplanted from one culture to another? Is civil society exportable? What works in the effort to develop the poorer nations and what doesn't? Where are we headed with such frontier research issues as comparative environmental policy, women's rights, and gay rights? The book concludes with a stimulating discussion of whether the great systems debates of the past (socialism versus capitalism, democracy versus authoritarianism) are now over and points to some of the next important study and research frontiers. Students, professors, and general readers will all find Comparative Politics current, provocative, and well written-a truly balanced overview.
- Contents:
- The field of comparative politics
- Introduction
- New directions in comparative politics
- Approaches to the field
- Political development
- Political culture and comparative politics
- Corporatism and comparative politics
- Indigenous theories of change
- Political development revisited and its alternatives
- Hot issues
- Comparative democracy and democratization
- Is civil society exportable?
- The developing nations : what works in development and what doesn't
- Frontiers of research in comparative politics
- Comparative politics : toward new frontiers
- The end of the great systems debate? implications for comparative politics
- Conclusion
- Suggested readings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742530353
- 0742530361
- OCLC:
- 67405552
- Publisher Number:
- 9780742530355
- 9780742530362
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