Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials is focused on core concepts and the big picture questions in comparative politics—Who rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why? Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of commonly debated theories, structures, and beliefs and push students to apply their understanding.
While detailed case studies can go in-depth on specific countries and political systems, this book distills its country material into the narrative, increasing global awareness, current-event literacy, and critical-thinking skills. Adapted from the authors’
Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition,
The Essentials version offers the same framework for understanding comparative politics in a briefer format, allowing you to teach the course the way you want to teach it.
Tabela de Conteúdo
World Map
Preface
About the Authors
PART I. A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPARATIVE POLITICS
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It?
Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 2: The Modern State
Characteristics of the Modern State
Historical Origins of Modern States
Strong, Weak, and Failed States
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 3: States, Citizens, and Regimes
Citizens and Civil Society
Regimes, Ideologies, and Citizens
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 4: States and Identity
Understanding Identity
The Policy Debate
Nations, Nationalism, and Immigration
Ethnicity
Race
Social Class
Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State
Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
PART II. POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK
CHAPTER 5: Governing Institutions in Democracies
Executives and Legislatures
Comparing Executive–Legislative Institutions
Judiciary
Bureaucracy
Federalism
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 6: Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies
The Electoral System
Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems
Civil Society
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution
Framing Contentious Politics
Political Violence
Revolution
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 8: Authoritarian Institutions
Trends in Authoritarian Rule
The Dictator’s Dilemma: Governing Authoritarian Regimes
Elections, Parties, and Legislatures
Clientelism and Civil Society
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 9: Regime Change
Trends in Regime Change
Regime Change: Transitions to Democracy
Regime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian Rule
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
PART III. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY
CHAPTER 10: Political Economy of Wealth
The Market, Capitalism, and the State
Key Economic Debates
Types of Capitalist Economies
Globalization: A New World Order, or Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 11: Political Economy of Development
What Is “Development”?
Development and Globalization
The Development Debate
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources For Further Study
Web Resources
CHAPTER 12: Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment
“Welfare”: Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
Health Care and Health Policy
Environmental Problems and Policy
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Works Cited
Resources for Further Study
Web Resources
Glossary
Index
Sobre o autor
Carol Ann Drogus is a retired Professor of Government at Hamilton College. She is a specialist on Brazil, religion, and women’s political participation. She taught introduction to comparative politics for more than twenty years, as well as courses on Latin American politics, gender and politics, and women in Latin America. She has written two books and numerous articles on the political participation of women in religious movements in Brazil.
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