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082 0 4 _a320.3
100 1 _aSodaro, Michael J.
245 1 0 _aComparative politics :
250 _a3rd Edition
260 _aNew York
_bMc Graw Hill
_c2008
300 _axxii, 825 pages :
_billustrations ;
500 _aPrevious ed.: 2004
505 0 _aPart I. Concepts and Critical Thinking 1. Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? 2. Major Topics of Comparative Politics 3. Critical Thinking about Politics: Analytical Techniques of Political Science -- The Logic of Hypothesis Testing 4. Power5. The State and Its Institutions 6. States and Nations: Nationalism -- Nation Building -- Supranationalism 7. Democracy: What Is It? 8. Democracy: How Does It Work? State Institutions and Electoral Systems 9. Democracy: What Does It Take? Ten Conditions 10. People and Politics: Voters -- Parties -- Interest Groups -- Dissidence -- Revolution 11. Political Culture 12. Ideology 13. Political Economy: Laissez-Faire -- Central Planning -- Mixed Economies -- Welfare States 14. The Politics of Development Part II. Countries and Leaders 15. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16. France 17. Germany 18. Japan 19. Russia 20. China 21. Mexico and Brazil 22. Nigeria and South Africa
650 0 _aComparative government
700 1 _aCollinwood, Dean Walter,
856 4 _uhttp://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz274632519inh.htm
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