comparative politics: principles of democracy and democratization (principles of political science book 8) (english edition)  by revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, <i>comparative politics</i> shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country&apos;s unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances. <br /> <br /> <ul> <li>addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development</li> <li>reveals that democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country&apos;s unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances</li> <li>applies theories and principles relating to the promotion of the development of democracy to the contemporary case studies</li> </ul>