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J. Tyler Dickovick was the Grigsby Term Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Eastwood is a Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University.
Robin LeBlanc is a Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and teaches classes on global politics, gender and politics, political philosophy, urban community, and protest.
Zoila Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor of Politics and a core faculty member of the Latin American and Caribean Studies Program at Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Eastwood is a Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University.
Robin LeBlanc is a Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and teaches classes on global politics, gender and politics, political philosophy, urban community, and protest.
Zoila Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor of Politics and a core faculty member of the Latin American and Caribean Studies Program at Washington and Lee University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Brief Contents
- PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
- 1 The Comparative Approach: An Introduction
- 2 Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence
- PART II: The State, Development, -Democracy, and Authoritarianism
- 3 The State
- 4 Political Economy
- 5 Development
- 6 Democracy and Democratization
- 7 Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown
- PART III: Institutions of Government
- 8 Constitutions and Constitutional Design
- 9 Legislatures and Legislative Elections
- 10 Executives
- 11 Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups
- PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
- 12 Revolutions and Contention
- 13 Nationalism and National Identity
- 14 Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
- 15 Ideology and Religion in Modern Politics
- PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
- 16 Comparative Politics and International Relations
- PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
- Brazil
- China
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Japan
- Mexico
- Nigeria
- Russia (Russian Federation)
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Contents
- Insights xv
- Preface xvii
- Maps of the World xxx
- PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
- Chapter 1
- The Comparative Approach: An -Introduction
- Asking Why: Research Questions in Comparative Politics
- Major Questions in Comparative Politics
- Empirical Arguments Versus Normative Arguments
- Solving Intellectual Puzzles: A Contemporary Analogy
- Concepts
- Features of Good Concepts
- Conceptualization
- Operationalizing: From Concepts to Measures
- Empirical Evidence
- Facts and Evidence
- Cases and Case Studies
- The Comparative Method
- Variables and Comparison
- Most-Similar-Systems Design
- Most-Different-Systems Design
- Comparative Checking
- Within-Case Comparison
- Is the Study of Politics a Science? The Limits of the -Comparative Method
- Chapter 2
- Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence
- Introduction to Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence
- Theories
- Hypotheses
- How Theories Emerge and Are Used
- Types of Evidence
- Hypothesis Testing
- Correlation
- Causation
- Critiques: Using Theories and Evidence
- Empirical Critiques: Using Deviant Cases
- Theoretical Critiques: Improving Theories and Hypotheses
- The Challenges of Measurement: Biases, Errors, and Validity
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Qualities of Good Analysis and Argumentation
- Step 1: Asking Good Questions: Why?
- Step 2: Hypothesis Testing: Generating Good Hypotheses and Testing Them Fairly
- Step 3: Balancing Argumentation: Evidence, Originality, and Meaningfulness
- PART II: The State, Development, -Democracy, and Authoritarianism
- Chapter 3
- The State
- Concepts
- The Modern State
- State Capacity
- Fragile States
- The State-Society Relationship
- Types
- Characteristics of Modern States
- Bureaucracy
- Impersonality
- Sovereignty
- Traditional Functions of States
- Defense
- Policing
- Taxation
- Order, Administration, and Legibility
- Causes and Effects: Why Did States Emerge and -Expand?
- Political or Conflict Theories
- Economic Theories
- Cultural Theories
- Diffusion Theories
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Great Britain, the United -Kingdom, or Neither? State and Nation in England and Scotland
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- Mexico
- France
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Chapter 4
- Political Economy
- Concepts
- Inequality
- Employment and Inflation
- Types
- Markets and States in Modern Economies
- Markets and Economic Performance
- States and Economic Performance
- Economic Functions of Modern States
- States and Economic Management
- Investments in Human Capital: Education and Health
- Infrastructure and Other Public Goods
- Welfare State Functions
- Causes and Effects: Why Do Welfare States Emerge?
- Cultural Changes
- Industrial Capitalism
- Mobilization and Political Action
- International Learning Effects
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Welfare States in the Nordic Countries: What Can We Learn and How?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Japan
- Germany
- Chapter 5
- Development
- Concepts
- Types
- Poverty
- Social Outcomes and Human Development
- Migration and Development
- Gender Relations and Racial and Ethnic Identities
- Satisfaction and Happiness
- Cultural Development
- Sustainability
- Causes and Effects: Why Does Development Happen?
- Institutions: The Market-State Debate, Revisited
- Institutions: Beyond the Market-State Debate
- Culture and Development
- Civil Society, Social Capital, and Trust
- Religion
- Value Systems
- Systems and Structures: Domestic and International
- Domestic Economic Structures and Class Interests
- International Economic Structures and Class Interests
- Geography
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Explaining the Development of North and South Korea
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- India
- Nigeria
- China
- Brazil
- Chapter 6
- Democracy and Democratization
- Concepts
- Democracy and Democratic Regimes
- Procedural (Minimal) Definitions of Democracy
- Substantive Definitions of Democracy
- Regime Change and Democratization
- Types
- Types of Democracy
- Representative Democracy
- Direct Democracy
- Types of Democratization
- Democratic Transitions
- Democratic Consolidation
- Causes and Effects: What Causes Democratization?
- Modernization
- Culture and Democracy
- The International System
- Domestic Institutions
- Agents and Actors: The Role of Individuals and Groups
- Combining Arguments and Theories: Multiple Causes
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is American Democracy a Model?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- Brazil
- China
- India
- United States
- Chapter 7
- Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown
- Concepts
- Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Regimes
- Transitions to Authoritarian Regimes
- Types
- Types of Authoritarianism
- Totalitarian Regimes
- Theocracies
- Personalistic Dictatorships
- Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes
- Hybrid and Semi-authoritarian Regimes
- Types of Transition (or Nontransition) to Authoritarianism
- Authoritarian Persistence
- Democratic Breakdown
- Transition to Hybrid or Semi-authoritarian Regime
- Causes and Effects: What Causes Authoritarian Regimes to Emerge and Persist?
- Historical Institutionalist Theories
- Poverty and Inequality
- State Weakness and Failure
- Political Culture Theories of Authoritarian Persistence
- Barriers to Collective Action
- Special Causal Circumstances Surrounding Hybrid and -Semi-authoritarian Regimes
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Why Did Zimbabwe Become and Remain Authoritarian?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- Iran
- Russia
- Mexico
- Germany
- France
- PART III: Institutions of Government
- Chapter 8
- Constitutions and Constitutional -Design
- Concepts
- Constitutions
- Constitutional Design
- Types
- Flexible and Rigid Constitutions
- Separation of Powers: Judicial Review and Parliamentary -Sovereignty
- Federalism and Unitarism
- Federalism
- Unitarism
- Authoritarian and Democratic Constitutions
- Causes and Effects: What Are the Effects of Federal and Unitary Constitutions?
- What Constitutional Designs Support Social Stability?
- What Constitutional Designs Support Democratic Rights?
- What Constitutional Designs Support the Economy?
- Judicial Review and Democracy
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY What Explains the -Similarities Between the Brazilian and South African -Constitutions?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- United Kingdom
- Iran
- Nigeria
- India
- United States
- Chapter 9
- Legislatures and Legislative Elections
- Concepts
- What Legislatures Are
- What Legislatures Do
- Types
- Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures
- Electoral...
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Sachliteratur |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780197633304 |
ISBN-10: | 0197633307 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Dickovick, J. Tyler
Eastwood, Jonathan LeBlanc, Robin M. Ponce de Leon, Zoila |
Auflage: | 4 Revised edition |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 236 x 195 x 30 mm |
Von/Mit: | J. Tyler Dickovick (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.06.2023 |
Gewicht: | 1,174 kg |
Über den Autor
J. Tyler Dickovick was the Grigsby Term Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Eastwood is a Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University.
Robin LeBlanc is a Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and teaches classes on global politics, gender and politics, political philosophy, urban community, and protest.
Zoila Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor of Politics and a core faculty member of the Latin American and Caribean Studies Program at Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Eastwood is a Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University.
Robin LeBlanc is a Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and teaches classes on global politics, gender and politics, political philosophy, urban community, and protest.
Zoila Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor of Politics and a core faculty member of the Latin American and Caribean Studies Program at Washington and Lee University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Brief Contents
- PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
- 1 The Comparative Approach: An Introduction
- 2 Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence
- PART II: The State, Development, -Democracy, and Authoritarianism
- 3 The State
- 4 Political Economy
- 5 Development
- 6 Democracy and Democratization
- 7 Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown
- PART III: Institutions of Government
- 8 Constitutions and Constitutional Design
- 9 Legislatures and Legislative Elections
- 10 Executives
- 11 Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups
- PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
- 12 Revolutions and Contention
- 13 Nationalism and National Identity
- 14 Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
- 15 Ideology and Religion in Modern Politics
- PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
- 16 Comparative Politics and International Relations
- PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
- Brazil
- China
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Japan
- Mexico
- Nigeria
- Russia (Russian Federation)
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Contents
- Insights xv
- Preface xvii
- Maps of the World xxx
- PART I: Comparative Political Analysis
- Chapter 1
- The Comparative Approach: An -Introduction
- Asking Why: Research Questions in Comparative Politics
- Major Questions in Comparative Politics
- Empirical Arguments Versus Normative Arguments
- Solving Intellectual Puzzles: A Contemporary Analogy
- Concepts
- Features of Good Concepts
- Conceptualization
- Operationalizing: From Concepts to Measures
- Empirical Evidence
- Facts and Evidence
- Cases and Case Studies
- The Comparative Method
- Variables and Comparison
- Most-Similar-Systems Design
- Most-Different-Systems Design
- Comparative Checking
- Within-Case Comparison
- Is the Study of Politics a Science? The Limits of the -Comparative Method
- Chapter 2
- Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence
- Introduction to Theories, Hypotheses, and Evidence
- Theories
- Hypotheses
- How Theories Emerge and Are Used
- Types of Evidence
- Hypothesis Testing
- Correlation
- Causation
- Critiques: Using Theories and Evidence
- Empirical Critiques: Using Deviant Cases
- Theoretical Critiques: Improving Theories and Hypotheses
- The Challenges of Measurement: Biases, Errors, and Validity
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Qualities of Good Analysis and Argumentation
- Step 1: Asking Good Questions: Why?
- Step 2: Hypothesis Testing: Generating Good Hypotheses and Testing Them Fairly
- Step 3: Balancing Argumentation: Evidence, Originality, and Meaningfulness
- PART II: The State, Development, -Democracy, and Authoritarianism
- Chapter 3
- The State
- Concepts
- The Modern State
- State Capacity
- Fragile States
- The State-Society Relationship
- Types
- Characteristics of Modern States
- Bureaucracy
- Impersonality
- Sovereignty
- Traditional Functions of States
- Defense
- Policing
- Taxation
- Order, Administration, and Legibility
- Causes and Effects: Why Did States Emerge and -Expand?
- Political or Conflict Theories
- Economic Theories
- Cultural Theories
- Diffusion Theories
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Great Britain, the United -Kingdom, or Neither? State and Nation in England and Scotland
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- Mexico
- France
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Chapter 4
- Political Economy
- Concepts
- Inequality
- Employment and Inflation
- Types
- Markets and States in Modern Economies
- Markets and Economic Performance
- States and Economic Performance
- Economic Functions of Modern States
- States and Economic Management
- Investments in Human Capital: Education and Health
- Infrastructure and Other Public Goods
- Welfare State Functions
- Causes and Effects: Why Do Welfare States Emerge?
- Cultural Changes
- Industrial Capitalism
- Mobilization and Political Action
- International Learning Effects
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Welfare States in the Nordic Countries: What Can We Learn and How?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Japan
- Germany
- Chapter 5
- Development
- Concepts
- Types
- Poverty
- Social Outcomes and Human Development
- Migration and Development
- Gender Relations and Racial and Ethnic Identities
- Satisfaction and Happiness
- Cultural Development
- Sustainability
- Causes and Effects: Why Does Development Happen?
- Institutions: The Market-State Debate, Revisited
- Institutions: Beyond the Market-State Debate
- Culture and Development
- Civil Society, Social Capital, and Trust
- Religion
- Value Systems
- Systems and Structures: Domestic and International
- Domestic Economic Structures and Class Interests
- International Economic Structures and Class Interests
- Geography
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Explaining the Development of North and South Korea
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- India
- Nigeria
- China
- Brazil
- Chapter 6
- Democracy and Democratization
- Concepts
- Democracy and Democratic Regimes
- Procedural (Minimal) Definitions of Democracy
- Substantive Definitions of Democracy
- Regime Change and Democratization
- Types
- Types of Democracy
- Representative Democracy
- Direct Democracy
- Types of Democratization
- Democratic Transitions
- Democratic Consolidation
- Causes and Effects: What Causes Democratization?
- Modernization
- Culture and Democracy
- The International System
- Domestic Institutions
- Agents and Actors: The Role of Individuals and Groups
- Combining Arguments and Theories: Multiple Causes
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is American Democracy a Model?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- Brazil
- China
- India
- United States
- Chapter 7
- Authoritarian Regimes and Democratic Breakdown
- Concepts
- Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Regimes
- Transitions to Authoritarian Regimes
- Types
- Types of Authoritarianism
- Totalitarian Regimes
- Theocracies
- Personalistic Dictatorships
- Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes
- Hybrid and Semi-authoritarian Regimes
- Types of Transition (or Nontransition) to Authoritarianism
- Authoritarian Persistence
- Democratic Breakdown
- Transition to Hybrid or Semi-authoritarian Regime
- Causes and Effects: What Causes Authoritarian Regimes to Emerge and Persist?
- Historical Institutionalist Theories
- Poverty and Inequality
- State Weakness and Failure
- Political Culture Theories of Authoritarian Persistence
- Barriers to Collective Action
- Special Causal Circumstances Surrounding Hybrid and -Semi-authoritarian Regimes
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY Why Did Zimbabwe Become and Remain Authoritarian?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- Iran
- Russia
- Mexico
- Germany
- France
- PART III: Institutions of Government
- Chapter 8
- Constitutions and Constitutional -Design
- Concepts
- Constitutions
- Constitutional Design
- Types
- Flexible and Rigid Constitutions
- Separation of Powers: Judicial Review and Parliamentary -Sovereignty
- Federalism and Unitarism
- Federalism
- Unitarism
- Authoritarian and Democratic Constitutions
- Causes and Effects: What Are the Effects of Federal and Unitary Constitutions?
- What Constitutional Designs Support Social Stability?
- What Constitutional Designs Support Democratic Rights?
- What Constitutional Designs Support the Economy?
- Judicial Review and Democracy
- THINKING COMPARATIVELY What Explains the -Similarities Between the Brazilian and South African -Constitutions?
- CASES IN CONTEXT
- United Kingdom
- Iran
- Nigeria
- India
- United States
- Chapter 9
- Legislatures and Legislative Elections
- Concepts
- What Legislatures Are
- What Legislatures Do
- Types
- Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures
- Electoral...
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Sachliteratur |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780197633304 |
ISBN-10: | 0197633307 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Dickovick, J. Tyler
Eastwood, Jonathan LeBlanc, Robin M. Ponce de Leon, Zoila |
Auflage: | 4 Revised edition |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 236 x 195 x 30 mm |
Von/Mit: | J. Tyler Dickovick (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.06.2023 |
Gewicht: | 1,174 kg |
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