J. Tyler Dickovick, Jonathan Eastwood, Robin M. LeBlanc

Comparative Politics

Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 760
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 195mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1174g
• ISBN-13: 9780197633304
• ISBN-10: 0197633307
• Artikelnr.: 66267458

Autorenporträt

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.

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* 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 Systems
* District Systems
* Proportional Representation (PR)
* Mixed or Hybrid
* Executive-Legislative Relations
* Causes and Effects: What Explains Patterns of -Representation?
* Patterns of Representation
* Electoral Systems and Representation
* Legislative Decision Making and Representation
* Executive-Legislative Relations and Representation
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY Representation in New Zealand and Beyond
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* United Kingdom
* Brazil
* Japan
* Germany
* United States
* Chapter 10
* Executives
* Concepts
* Types
* Executive Structures: Presidential and Parliamentary
* Formal Powers
* Partisan Powers
* Coalitions
* Informal Powers
* Causes and Effects: What Explains Executive -Stability?
* Stable and Unstable Regimes: Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and
Democracy
* Stable and Unstable Executives: Styles of Presidential Rule
* Stable and Unstable Executives: Patterns of Parliamentary Rule
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY Beyond the American and British Models
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* France
* United States
* Russia
* China
* Nigeria
* Chapter 11
* Political Parties, Party Systems, and Interest Groups
* Concepts
* Political Parties
* Party Systems
* Interest Groups
* Types
* Political Parties: Elite, Mass, and Catch-All Parties
* Party Systems: Dominant-Party, Two-Party, and Multiparty -Systems
* Interest Groups: Pluralism and Corporatism
* Causes and Effects: Why Do Party Systems Emerge, and What Effects Do
They Have?
* Party Systems and Representation
* What Factors Shape Party Systems?
* How Do Party Systems Shape Political Outcomes?
* Interest Groups and Representation
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY Party Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* China
* Japan
* Germany
* Russia
* Mexico
* PART IV: Politics, Society, and Culture
* Chapter 12
* Revolutions and Contention
* Concepts
* What Is "Contention?
* Revolutionary and Non-Revolutionary Contention 2
* Types
* Social Movements
* Revolutions
* Insurgencies and Civil Wars
* Terrorism
* "Everyday Resistance"
* Thinking About Contention: Summary
* Causes and Effects: Why Do Revolutions Happen?
* Relative Deprivation
* Resource Mobilization and Political Opportunities
* Rational Choice
* Culture or "Framing" Explanations
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY The "Arab Spring " of 2011 and Its Legacy
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* Brazil
* France
* Russia
* China
* Iran
* Chapter 13
* Nationalism and National Identity
* Concepts
* Identity
* Nationalism, National Identity, and the Nation
* Types
* Types of Nationalism
* Civic and Ethnic Nationalism
* Jus Sanguinis and Jus Soli
* Limits of Typologies in the Study of National Identity
* Causes and Effects: What Causes Ethno-National -Conflict?
* Primordial Bonds
* Cultural Boundaries
* Material Interests
* Rational Calculation
* Social Psychology
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY Ending Ethnic and National -Violence
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* United Kingdom
* Mexico
* Japan
* Germany
* Nigeria
* Chapter 14
* Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
* Concepts
* Race and Ethnicity
* Gender
* Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
* Types
* Disentangling Race and Ethnicity
* Discrimination Based on Race and Ethnicity
* Gender Discrimination
* Empowerment of Women and Minority Groups
* Causes and Effects: What Factors Influence the Political
Representation of Women and Minority Groups?
* Social Movement Mobilization
* Political Parties Based on Gender or Ethnicity
* Institutions for Promoting Women's and Minority Group -Representation
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY Measuring Gender -Empowerment
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* Iran
* Japan
* Brazil
* Mexico
* India
* Chapter 15
* Ideology and Religion in Modern -Politics
* Concepts
* Modernity and Modernization 3
* Ideology
* Religion
* Secularization, Religion, and Modern Politics
* Religious Conflict
* Types
* Modern Ideologies
* Liberalism
* Fascism
* Socialism
* Modern Forms of Religion in Politics
* Lay and Religious States
* Denominationalism
* Causes and Effects: Why Does Ideology Remain Prevalent in Modern
Politics?
* Why Didn't Ideology (and History) End?
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY Is Twenty-First-Century Populism an Ideology?
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* Nigeria
* United Kingdom
* Russia
* France
* Iran
* PART V: The Comparative-International Nexus
* Chapter 16
* Comparative Politics and International -Relations
* Concepts
* Issues
* Globalization and Trade
* International Institutions and Integration
* Immigration
* Environment and Sustainability
* Transnational Networks
* Nuclear Threats and Terrorism
* Causes and Effects: What Are the Main Causes in -International
Relations?
* Realism
* Liberalism
* Constructivism
* Marxism
* THINKING COMPARATIVELY The EU and Levels of -Analysis
* CASES IN CONTEXT
* United States
* France
* Japan
* Iran
* India
* PART VI: Country Profiles and Cases
* Brazil
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* Does the Global Economy Help or Hurt Developing Nations like Brazil?
(Chapter 5)
* Democratic Consolidation in Brazil (Chapter 6)
* Electoral Rules and Party (In)Discipline in Brazil's Legislature
(Chapter 9)
* Brazil's Landless Movement (Chapter 12)
* Gender and Political Representation in Brazil: Where Has Progress
Come From? (Chapter 14)
* China
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* How Did China Become an Economic Power? (Chapter 5)
* Is China Destined for Democracy? (Chapter 6)
* Who Governs China? (Chapter 10)
* The Chinese Party System (Chapter 11)
* The Chinese Revolution (Chapter 12)
* France
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* The State in France (Chapter 3)
* Authoritarian Persistence in Nineteenth-Century France (Chapter 7)
* Electing the French President: What Do Runoffs Do? (Chapter 10)
* The French Revolution (Chapter 12)
* Religion and Secularism in France (Chapter 15)
* Globalization and Culture in France (Chapter 16
* Germany
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* The German State: Unification and Welfare (Chapter 4)
* Democracy and Authoritarianism in Germany (Chapter 7)
* Institutional Design: Germany's Bundestag and Bundesrat (Chapter 9)
* Consensus-Based Politics in Germany (Chapter 11)
* Ethnic Boundaries of the German Nation? (Chapter 13)
* India
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* What Explains India's Recent Growth? (Chapter 5)
* Democracy's Success in India: What Can We Learn from a "Deviant
Case"? (Chapter 6)
* Federalism and Differences in Development in India (Chapter 8)
* Ethnicity and Political Parties in India (Chapter 14)
* India in the Twenty-First Century: Domestic Politics, Identity, and
Security (Chapter 16)
* Indonesia
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* Democratization in Indonesia
* Populism in Contemporary Indonesia
* Pancasila, Ethnic Pluralism, and Cultural Diversity Alongside
Nation-State Consolidation
* Gender in Indonesia
* Islam and Public Life
* Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* Democratic Features of Authoritarian Systems? The Case of Iran
(Chapter 7)
* Constitutional Design: Theocracy in Iran (Chapter 8)
* Iran's Islamic Revolution and "Green Revolution"? (Chapter 12)
* Gender in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Politics (Chapter 14)
* Religion and Politics in Iran (Chapter 15)
* Iran and the Politics of Nuclear Proliferation (Chapter 16)
* Japan
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* State-Led Development in Japan (Chapter 4)
* The Hybrid Electoral System of the Japanese Diet (Chapter 9)
* How Has Japan's Dominant Party Won for So Long? (Chapter 11)
* Importing National Identity in Japan? (Chapter 13)
* Gender Empowerment in Japan? (Chapter 14)
* Resource Management in Japan (Chapter 16)
* Mexico
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Democratic Quality
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* Migration
* CASE STUDIES
* The Mexican State and Rule of Law (Chapter 3)
* Mexico's "Perfect Dictatorship" and Its End (Chapter 7)
* The PRI and Corporatism in Mexico (Chapter 11)
* Industrialization, Modernity, and National Identity in Mexico
(Chapter 13)
* Why Aren't There Major Ethnic Parties in Mexico? (Chapter 14)
* Nigeria
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* What Is a Weak State, and Can It Be Changed? The Case of Nigeria
(Chapter 3)
* Why Are Natural Resources Sometimes a Curse? The Nigerian Case
(Chapter 5)
* Federalism and the States in Nigeria: Holding Together or Tearing
Apart? (Chapter 8)
* The Presidency in Nigeria: Powers and Limitations (Chapter 10)
* The Nigerian Civil War or Biafran War: Nationalism and
-Ethno-National Conflict in a Post-colonial Society (Chapter 13)
* Religious Difference and Conflict in Nigeria: Disentangling
-Ethnicity and Religion? (Chapter 15)
* Russia (Russian Federation)
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* Oligarchy, Democracy, and Authoritarianism in Russia (Chapter 7)
* Executives in Russia: Formal and Informal Powers (Chapter 10)
* Personalism and the Party System in Russia (Chapter 11)
* The Russian Revolution (Chapter 12)
* Communist Ideology in Practice: Russia and the Soviet Union (Chapter
15)
* United Kingdom
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* The State in the United Kingdom (Chapter 3)
* Political Economy of Britain (Chapter 4)
* No Constitution? No Supreme Court? Constitutionality in the United
Kingdom (Chapter 8)
* The Mother of Parliaments: The United Kingdom and the -Westminster
Model (Chapter 9)
* National Identity in the United Kingdom (Chapter 13)
* Liberal Ideology in the United Kingdom (Chapter 15)
* South Africa
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* Democratization and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
* Race and Gender in South Africa
* One-Party Dominance in South Africa
* Neoliberalism and Inequality in South Africa
* United States
* PROFILE
* Introduction
* Historical Development
* Regime and Political Institutions
* Political Culture
* Political Economy
* CASE STUDIES
* Did Free Markets Help the United States Get Rich? Will They in the
Future? (Chapter 4)
* Is American Democracy in Trouble? (Chapter 6)
* Is Judicial Activism in the United States a Problem? (Chapter 8)
* The United States Congress: Dysfunctional or Functioning by Design?
(Chapter 9)
* "The Most Powerful Person in the World"? Checks on American
Presidents (Chapter 10)
* The United States and the World: A Love-Hate Relationship? (Chapter
16)
* Notes
* Glossary
* References and Further Reading
* Credits
* Index