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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Main Author: Siaroff, Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vergleichende Regierungslehre
Vergleich
Politisches System
Comparative government.
Electronic books.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
e-books.
Livres numeriques.
Regimes politiques > Manuels d'enseignement superieur.
Comparative government > Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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