Comparative Government and Politics by Hague, Rod -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Foreword Title Page Copyright Editor Title Contents Illustrations and features Preface Guide to learning features Guide to spotlight feature Guide to the website 1. Key concepts

Key concepts: an overview Government and governance Politics Power The state, authority, and legitimacy Ideology Comparative politics Classifying political systems

2. The state

The state: an overview What is a state? Emergence of the state system The expansion of states The diversity of states Nations and nationalism Challenges to the state

3. Democratic rule

Democratic rule: an overview Direct democracy Representative democracy Liberal democracy Democracy and modernization Waves of democracy Democratization

4. Authoritarian rule

Authoritarian rule: an overview Hybrid regimes Authoritarian regimes Forms of authoritarian rule The political impact of corruption

5. Theoretical approaches

Theoretical approaches: an overview The changing face of comparative politics The institutional approach The behavioural approach The structural approach The rational choice approach The interpretive approach

6. Comparing government and politics

Comparing government and politics: an overview Comparative research methods Case study method Qualitative method Quantitative method The challenges of comparison Historical method

7. Constitutions and courts

Constitutions and courts: an overview The character of constitutions The durability of constitutions The role of courts Judicial activism Judicialindependenceand recruitment Systems of law Constitutions and courts in authoritarian states

8. Legislatures

Legislatures: an overview Functions Structure Members Legislatures in authoritarian states

9. Executives

Executives: an overview Presidential executives Parliamentary executives Semi-presidential executives Executives in authoritarian states

10 Bureaucracies

Bureaucracies: an overview Evolution Organization Recruitment New public management E-government Bureaucracies in authoritarian states

11. Sub-national government

Sub-national government: an overview Multilevel governance Unitary systems Federal systems Comparing unitary and federal systems Local government Sub-national government in authoritarian states

12. Political culture

Political culture: an overview The civic culture Political trust and social capital Elite political culture Post-materialism Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Political culture in authoritarian states

13. Political participation

Political participation: an overview Who participates, and why? Public opinion Women and political participation Participation in authoritarian states

14. Political communication

Political communication: an overview Media development Media influence Recent trends in political communication Comparing media outlets Political communication in authoritarian states

15. Political parties

Political parties: an overview Origins and roles Party systems Party organization Party membership Party finance Political parties in authoritarian states

16. Elections

Elections: an overview Electing legislatures Electing presidents Election campaigns Referendums, initiatives, and recalls Elections in authoritarian states

17. Voters

Voters: an overview Party identification How voters choose Voter turnout Voters in authoritarian states

18. Interest groups

Interest groups: an overview Types of interest group The dynamics of interest groups Channels of influence Ingredients of influence Social movements Interest groups in authoritarian states

19. Public policy

Public policy: an overview Models of the policy process The policy cycle Policy diffusion and convergence Public policy in authoritarian states

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