Comparative politics
Subtitle: approaches and issues
By: Howard J. Wiarda ; with the assistance of Esther M. Skelley
Contributors: Skelley, Esther M
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Comparative government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-281) and index
Table of contents: title: The field of comparative politics; title: Introduction; title: New directions in comparative politics; title: Approaches to the field; title: Political development; title: Political culture and comparative politics; title: Corporatism and comparative politics; title: Indigenous theories of change; title: Political development revisited and its alternatives; title: Hot issues; title: Comparative democracy and democratization; title: Is civil society exportable?; title: The developing nations : what works in development and what doesn't; title: Frontiers of research in comparative politics; title: Comparative politics : toward new frontiers; title: The end of the great systems debate? implications for comparative politics; title: Conclusion; title: Suggested readings