Comparative Government and Politics
John McCormick author Martin Harrop author Rod Hague author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:24th Mar '22
Should be back in stock very soon
Offers a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, covering a wide range of democracies and authoritarian regimes from around the world.
Offering a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, this new edition helps students to understand not just the institutions and political cultures of their own countries but also those of a wide range of democracies and authoritarian regimes from around the world.
This new edition offers:
-A revised structure to aid navigation and understanding
-New learning features, 'Using Theory' and 'Exploring Problems', designed to help students think comparatively
-Empirical global examples, with increased coverage of non-Western scholarship and analyses
-Coverage of important contemporary topics including: minorities; LGBTQ+ issues; identity politics; women in politics; political trust; populism; Covid-19.
Featuring a wide range of engaging learning features, this book is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Comparative Politics, Comparative Government, Introduction to Politics and Introduction to Political Science.
This is a truly wonderful introduction to Comparative Politics. Not only does it cover a comprehensive range of complex topics in a very approachable and accessible way but, better still, it is full of examples from all regions of the world. I wish I had had this book when I was an undergraduate student. * Raul Gomez, University of Liverpool, UK *
Comprehensive and clearly-written, this text provides a solid grounding in the comparative method complemented by timely real-world examples of the ways in which comparative politics can be applied, thereby helping students to make sense of complex and confusing events in the world today. * Jennifer White, University of Georgia, USA *
This new edition to a classic of the discipline provides fresh new context for how the key theories of comparative politics still matter for understanding the world around us. The wealth of evidence included will inspire students to research topics of their own interest and the narrative offers a great one-stop shop for instructors looking to efficiently deliver their course. * William Daniel, University of Nottingham, UK *
ISBN: 9781350932548
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528 pages
12th edition