Comparative Politics Today: A World View

by Gabriel A . Almond (Author), G . Bingham Powell (Author)

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  1996

  $5.15

  The authors of this book pioneered the functional approach to comparative politics. In this text, they introduce a three-part framework of system, process and policy to help spell out how different kinds of political systems are formed, maintained and changed through cultural and structural processes. This threefold analytic structure also provides the outline for the individual country studies, enabling readers to move easily and logically from institution to institution, and from process to process, without losing the essential thred of connection and meaning. Coverage has been expanded in this edition to include Egypt, India, Nigeria and Brazil.

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  2009

  $3.28

  Thoroughly updated to cover world affairs up to 2009, Comparative Politics Today continues to set the standard for comparing the world's political systems and for examining the purpose of government. This text includes thematic chapters and country studies that define fundamental political science concepts, lay out a theoretical framework, and analyze differences and similarities among countries. Written by leading comparativists and area study specialists, Comparative Politics Today helped define the field of comparative politics and will help students ask-and answer-fundamental questions about politics and government.