Comparative Politics
Review from previous edition: "Daniele Caramani has assembled a star-studded group of contributors. This will be a major textbook. As in previous works, Caramani has worked particularly hard on assembling data which will be of use to all students of comparative government - and their teachers."       --Iain McLean, Professor of Politics, Oxford University"An extraordinarily ambitious book by an impressive roster of accomplished authors. They cover, in an authoritative way, a range of important topics in comparative politics. There is sufficient material here to please teachers of many different types of courses."     --Michael J. Laver, New York University"This second edition updates and expands the remarkable achievement of this user-friendly textbook. It strikes an unmatched balance between analytics and empirics, methods and theories, structures, institutions and actors. Simply the best textbook on comparative politics."     --Stefano Bartolini, European University Institute"A very impressive and up-to-date edited volume which covers the developments of comparative politics, its theory and method, and a large number of substantive themes. It is well conceived, well executed and written by an impressive team of contributors."     --Paul Webb, University of Sussex"The first edition of this groundbreaking text already incorporated the latest teaching aids, ancillary online material and a wealth of factual and statistical data. Besides updating these, the second edition has been expanded to cover trade unions and networks of decision-making, and reviews the progress of globalization in light of the world financial crisis. A thoroughly up to date and comprehensive text, which teachers and analysts as well as students will benefit from reading."     --Ian Budge, University of Essex