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Doing Comparative Politics : An Introduction to Approaches and Issues / Timothy C. Lim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lim, Timothy C., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A comprehensive introduction to the content and methods of comparative politics.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: What Is Comparative Politics?
- Part 1 Doing Comparative Politics
- 2 Comparing to Learn, Learning to Compare: A Primer on Comparative Methods
- 3 Thinking Theoretically in Comparative Politics
- Part 2 The Questions
- 4 Why Are Poor Countries Poor? Explaining Economic Underdevelopment
- 5 Why Is East Asia Rich? Explaining Capitalist Growth and Industrialization in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China
- 6 What Makes a Democracy? Explaining the Breakdown of Authoritarian Rule
- 7 What Makes a Terrorist? Explaining “Violent Substate Activism”
- 8 What Makes a Social Movement? Explaining the Rise and Success of Collective Mobilization
- Part 3 The Future of Comparative Politics
- 9 Globalization and the Study of Comparative Politics
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
- ISBN:
- 1-68585-442-7
- OCLC:
- 1334344834
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