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Comparative Government and Politics

By: Publication details: Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke 2019Description: xix,381 pISBN:
  • 9781352005059
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.3 MCC.C
Summary: Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Key concepts Key concepts: an overview Government and governance Politics and power The state, authority, and legitimacy Ideology Comparative politics Classifying political systems 2.Theoretical approaches Theoretical approaches: an overview The changing face of comparative politics The institutional approach The rational choice approach The structural approach The cultural approach The interpretive approach 3.Comparative methods Comparative methods: an overview The case study method The qualitative method The quantitative method The historical method The challenges of comparison 4.The state The state: an overview What is a state! Origins and evolution The diversity of states Nations and nationalism The future of the state 5.Democratic rule Democratic rule: an overview Direct democracy Representative democracy Liberal democracy Contents note continued: Modernization and democracy Huntington's waves of democracy Democratization The future of democracy 6.Authoritarian rule Authoritarian rule: an overview Hybrid regimes Authoritarian regimes Forms of authoritarian rule The political impact of corruption 7.Constitutions and courts Constitutions and courts: an overview The character of constitutions The durability of constitutions The role of courts The role of the judiciary Systems of law Constitutions and courts in authoritarian states 8.Executives Executives: an overview Heads of state and government Presidential executives Parliamentary executives Semi-presidential executives Executives in authoritarian states 9.Legislatures Legislatures: an overview The role of legislatures One chamber or two? Representatives and their work Legislatures in authoritarian states 10.Bureaucracies Bureaucracies: an overview Contents note continued: Origins and evolution E-government How bureaucracies are organized How bureaucrats are recruited Bureaucracies in authoritarian states 11.Sub-national governments Sub-national governments: an overview Multi-level governance Unitary systems Federal systems Local government Sub-national government in authoritarian states 12.Political culture Political culture: an overview Understanding political culture From The Civic Culture to post-materialism Political trust A clash of civilizations? Political culture in authoritarian states 13.Political participation Political participation: an overview Who participates, and why? Public opinion The dynamics of public opinion Women in government and politics Political participation in authoritarian states 14.Political communication Political communication: an overview The evolution of mass media Into the digital age Contents note continued: Media influence Recent trends in political communication Political communication in authoritarian states 15.Elections Elections: an overview Legislative elections Executive elections Referendums, initiatives, and recalls Elections in authoritarian states 16.Political parties Political parties: an overview Origins and roles Party systems Party organization Political parties in authoritarian states 17.Voters Voters: an overview Party identification How voters choose Voter turnout Voters in authoritarian states 18.Interest groups Interest groups: an overview Origins and types of groups Channels of influence Ingredients of influence The dynamics of interest groups Interest groups in authoritarian states 19.Public policy Public policy: an overview Models of the policy process The policy cycle Policy diffusion and convergence Contents note continued: Public policy in authoritarian states 20.Political economy Political economy: an overview Understanding political economy Comparative political economy The welfare state Development and global divisions Political economy in authoritarian states.
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Key concepts
Key concepts: an overview
Government and governance
Politics and power
The state, authority, and legitimacy
Ideology
Comparative politics
Classifying political systems
2.Theoretical approaches
Theoretical approaches: an overview
The changing face of comparative politics
The institutional approach
The rational choice approach
The structural approach
The cultural approach
The interpretive approach
3.Comparative methods
Comparative methods: an overview
The case study method
The qualitative method
The quantitative method
The historical method
The challenges of comparison
4.The state
The state: an overview
What is a state!
Origins and evolution
The diversity of states
Nations and nationalism
The future of the state
5.Democratic rule
Democratic rule: an overview
Direct democracy
Representative democracy
Liberal democracy
Contents note continued: Modernization and democracy
Huntington's waves of democracy
Democratization
The future of democracy
6.Authoritarian rule
Authoritarian rule: an overview
Hybrid regimes
Authoritarian regimes
Forms of authoritarian rule
The political impact of corruption
7.Constitutions and courts
Constitutions and courts: an overview
The character of constitutions
The durability of constitutions
The role of courts
The role of the judiciary
Systems of law
Constitutions and courts in authoritarian states
8.Executives
Executives: an overview
Heads of state and government
Presidential executives
Parliamentary executives
Semi-presidential executives
Executives in authoritarian states
9.Legislatures
Legislatures: an overview
The role of legislatures
One chamber or two?
Representatives and their work
Legislatures in authoritarian states
10.Bureaucracies
Bureaucracies: an overview
Contents note continued: Origins and evolution
E-government
How bureaucracies are organized
How bureaucrats are recruited
Bureaucracies in authoritarian states
11.Sub-national governments
Sub-national governments: an overview
Multi-level governance
Unitary systems
Federal systems
Local government
Sub-national government in authoritarian states
12.Political culture
Political culture: an overview
Understanding political culture
From The Civic Culture to post-materialism
Political trust
A clash of civilizations?
Political culture in authoritarian states
13.Political participation
Political participation: an overview
Who participates, and why?
Public opinion
The dynamics of public opinion
Women in government and politics
Political participation in authoritarian
states
14.Political communication
Political communication: an overview
The evolution of mass media
Into the digital age
Contents note continued: Media influence
Recent trends in political communication
Political communication in authoritarian states
15.Elections
Elections: an overview
Legislative elections
Executive elections
Referendums, initiatives, and recalls
Elections in authoritarian states
16.Political parties
Political parties: an overview
Origins and roles
Party systems
Party organization
Political parties in authoritarian states
17.Voters
Voters: an overview
Party identification
How voters choose
Voter turnout
Voters in authoritarian states
18.Interest groups
Interest groups: an overview
Origins and types of groups
Channels of influence
Ingredients of influence
The dynamics of interest groups
Interest groups in authoritarian states
19.Public policy
Public policy: an overview
Models of the policy process
The policy cycle
Policy diffusion and convergence
Contents note continued: Public policy in authoritarian states
20.Political economy
Political economy: an overview
Understanding political economy
Comparative political economy
The welfare state
Development and global divisions
Political economy in authoritarian states.

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