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Principles of Comparative Politics / Edition 3 available in Paperback, eBook
Principles of Comparative Politics / Edition 3
by William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, Sona N. Golder
William Roberts Clark
- ISBN-10:
- 1506318126
- ISBN-13:
- 9781506318127
- Pub. Date:
- 03/28/2017
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- ISBN-10:
- 1506318126
- ISBN-13:
- 9781506318127
- Pub. Date:
- 03/28/2017
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
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by William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, Sona N. Golder
William Roberts Clark
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Overview
William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona Nadenichek Golder's groundbreaking Principles of Comparative Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition, readers have an even better guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters. Readers are offered a new intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer explanation of how to interpret regression results; a thoroughly-revised chapter on culture and democracy that now includes a more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics; and a revised chapter on dictatorships that incorporates a principal-agent framework for understanding authoritarian institutions. Examples from the gender and politics literature have been incorporated into various chapters and empirical examples and data on various types of institutions have been updated. The book′s outstanding pedagogy includes more than 250 tables and figures, numerous photos and maps, end of chapter exercises and problem sets, and a broader set of works cited. A new intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer explanation of how to interpret regression results are included. A thoroughly-revised chapter on culture and democracy includes a more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics. A revised chapter on dictatorships incorporates a principal-agent framework for understanding authoritarian institutions. Examples from the gender and politics literature have been incorporated into various chapters. Empirical examples and data on various types of institutions have been updated. Online videos and tutorials guide students through some of the methodological components addressed in the book.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781506318127 |
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Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication date: | 03/28/2017 |
Edition description: | Third Edition |
Pages: | 888 |
Sales rank: | 503,066 |
Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
William Roberts Clark is associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Capitalism, Not Globalism, and his articles have appeared in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Political Analysis, and European Union Politics, among other journals. He has been teaching at a wide variety of public and private schools (William Paterson College, Rutgers University, Georgia Tech, Princeton, New York University, and the University of Michigan) for over a decade.
Matt Golder was previously assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. He is the author of articles which have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and Political Analysis among other journals. He has taught classes on comparative politics, advanced industrialized democracies, quantitative methods, and European politics at the University of Iowa, Florida State University, and the University of Essex.
Sona Nadenichek Golder was previously assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. She is the author of The Logic of Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation, and has published articles in the British Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, and European Union Politics. She teaches courses on European politics, democracies and dictatorships, comparative institutions, game theory, and comparative politics at Florida State University and was a Mentor-in-Residence for the 2007 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Program at UCLA .
Matt Golder was previously assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. He is the author of articles which have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and Political Analysis among other journals. He has taught classes on comparative politics, advanced industrialized democracies, quantitative methods, and European politics at the University of Iowa, Florida State University, and the University of Essex.
Sona Nadenichek Golder was previously assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. She is the author of The Logic of Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation, and has published articles in the British Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, and European Union Politics. She teaches courses on European politics, democracies and dictatorships, comparative institutions, game theory, and comparative politics at Florida State University and was a Mentor-in-Residence for the 2007 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Program at UCLA .
Table of Contents
PrefacePART I. WHAT IS COMPARATIVE POLITICS?1. INTRODUCTIONOverview of the BookThe Approach Taken in This BookKey Concepts2. WHAT IS SCIENCE?What Is Science?The Scientific MethodAn Introduction to LogicMyths about ScienceConclusionKey ConceptsProblems3. WHAT IS POLITICS?The Exit, Voice, and Loyalty GameSolving the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty GameEvaluating the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty GameConclusionKey ConceptsPreparation for the ProblemsProblemsPART II. THE MODERN STATE: DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP?4. THE ORIGINS OF THE MODERN STATEWhat Is a State?Somalia and Syria: Two Failed StatesThe Contractarian View of the StateThe Predatory View of the StateConclusionKey ConceptsPreparation for the ProblemsProblems5. DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENTDemocracy and Dictatorship in Historical PerspectiveClassifying Democracies and DictatorshipsConclusionKey ConceptsProblems6. THE ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIPClassic Modernization TheoryA Variant of Modernization TheorySome More Empirical EvidenceConclusionKey ConceptsAppendix: An Intuitive Take on Statistical AnalysesProblems7. THE CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIPClassical Cultural Arguments: Mill and MontesquieuDoes Democracy Require a Civic Culture?Religion and DemocracyExperiments and CultureConclusionKey ConceptsProblems8. DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONSBottom-Up Transitions to DemocracyTop-Down Transitions to DemocracyConclusionKey ConceptsProblems9. DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?The Effect of Regime Type on Economic GrowthThe Effect of Regime Type on Government PerformanceConclusionKey ConceptsProblemsPART III. VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP10. VARIETIES OF DICTATORSHIPA Common Typology of Authoritarian RegimesThe Two Fundamental Problems of Authoritarian RuleSelectorate TheoryConclusionKey ConceptsProblems11. PROBLEMS WITH GROUP DECISION MAKINGProblems with Group Decision MakingArrow’s TheoremConclusionKey ConceptsAppendix: Stability in Two-Dimensional Majority-Rule VotingProblems12. PARLIAMENTARY, PRESIDENTIAL, AND SEMI-PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACIESClassifying DemocraciesMaking and Breaking Governments in Parliamentary DemocraciesMaking and Breaking Governments in Presidential DemocraciesMaking and Breaking Governments in Semi-Presidential DemocraciesA Unifying Framework: Principal-Agent and Delegation ProblemsConclusionKey ConceptsProblems13. ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMSElections and Electoral IntegrityElectoral SystemsLegislative Electoral System ChoiceConclusionKey ConceptsProblems14. SOCIAL CLEAVAGES AND PARTY SYSTEMSPolitical Parties: What Are They, and What Do They Do?Party SystemsWhere Do Parties Come From?Types of Parties: Social Cleavages and Political Identity FormationNumber of Parties: Duverger’s TheoryConclusionKey ConceptsProblems15. INSTITUTIONAL VETO PLAYERSFederalismBicameralismConstitutionalismVeto PlayersConclusionKey ConceptsProblemsPART IV. VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL OUTCOMES16. CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONSMajoritarian or Consensus Democracy?The Effect of Political Institutions on Fiscal PolicyElectoral Laws, Federalism, and Ethnic ConflictPresidentialism and Democratic SurvivalConclusionKey ConceptsProblemsReferencesIndexFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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