John T. Ishiyama

Comparative Politics

Principles of Democracy and Democratization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development,
Comparative Politics shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country s unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances.
Addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development
Reveals that democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country s unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances
Applies theories and principles relating to the promotion of the development of democracy to the contemporary case studies

Produktdetails

• POPS - Principles of Political Science
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781405186865
• ISBN-10: 1405186860
• Artikelnr.: 32567936

Autorenporträt

John T. Ishiyama is Professor of Political Science the University of North Texas. He is editor in chief of The Journal of Political Science Education. Professor Ishiyama is the author of five books and over 100 articles on political science related issues and is a specialist on the politics of post-Soviet eastern and central Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction--- Comparative Politics and Democracy 2: The development of
democracy in historical perspective 3: Economic and Political Development
4: Political Culture and Ethnicity 5: Social Structure and Civil Society 6:
The Global and International Environment 7: Electoral Systems 8: The
Structure of the Executive and the Legislature 9: Comparative Judicial
Politics and the territorial arrangement of the political system 10:
Conclusion: Principles in Application