Todd Landman, Edzia Carvalho

Broschiertes Buch

Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics

An Introduction

Beschreibung

Building on the strengths of the third edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these methods to dominant issues in comparative politics using a wealth of topical examples from around the world, and then discusses the new challenges in the area. This thoroughly revised and updated edition features:

Additional contemporary case studies including the democratisation of technology and the Arab Spring;

Detailed discussion of regression analysis and diffusion;

More analysis of justice, inequality, and compliance;

Reflection on new methods and treatments of contemporary comparative politics.

Balancing reader friendly features with high quality analysis makes this popular academic text is essential reading for everyone interested in comparative politics and research methods.

Autor

Todd Landman is Professor of Political Science and Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published Democracy and Human Rights (2013), Studying Human Rights (Routledge 2006), Protecting Human Rights (2005), co-authored Measuring Human Rights (Routledge 2009), and edited Human Rights (Volumes I-IV) (2009) and Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics (2009). Edzia Carvalho is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Dundee, UK. She is co-author of Measuring Human Rights (Routledge 2009).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y137525
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780415538305
• ISBN-10: 0415538300
• Artikelnr.: 39107927