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Comparing Political Regimes : A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third Edition /

"The third edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It now incorporates the two new countries that have appeared since the last edition - Kosovo and South Sudan - and covers the regime changes that have occurred in many countries, including the liberalization (but not yet actual democratizati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Siaroff, Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
Edición:Third edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Development and Political Development
  • 3. State Effectiveness and Political Economy
  • 4. Electoral Democracies, Liberal Democracies, and Autocracies
  • 5. Factors Conducive to Democracy
  • 6. Institutional Variations of Democracies
  • 7. Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Government Formations in Democracies
  • 8. Overall Centralization versus Decentralization in Democracies
  • 9. Varieties of Autocracies: Totalitarianism, Sultanism, and Authoritarianism
  • 10. Democratic Transitions, Consolidations, and Breakdowns
  • 11. Postscript: Democracies and Autocracies in the Future.