Essentials of Comparative Politics

The Essentials of Comparative Politics family provides all of the tools professors need to introduce the study and comparison of political systems. A brief conceptual textbook of the core ideas behind

What makes countries like North and South Korea from the start go down radically different paths? In this work intended for undergraduate students, O'Neil (politics and government, U. of Puget Sound)

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Based on O’Neil, Fields, and Share’s market-leading textbook and casebook, Essentials of Comparative Politics with Cases integrates key concepts with the relevant six case studies for the AP® curricul

A brief conceptual textbook of the core ideas behind comparative politics, complete with country case studies, gives instructors the utmost flexibility in structuring their courses without asking stud

This book elaborates a theory of 'semi-parliamentary government', an often neglected form of government that instantiates the principle of the separation of powers, by demonstrating how it reconciles

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Adapted from the groundbreaking Principles of Comparative Politics, now in its third edition, Foundations of Comparative Politics presents a scientific approach to the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship, providing students a guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters to them. Foundations introduces students to the key questions in comparative politics using tools such as decision, social choice, and game theory to help them understand clearly why some explanations for political phenomena are stronger than others. The core material of Principles has been condensed by almost 40% into a briefer, more accessible format that not only resonates with students but also allows instructors to more easily cover all material in a single semester. Fourteen chapters have been updated and pared down to present only the most necessary information enhanced with plentiful visual features and connections to real-world examp

This concise, comprehensive overview of comparative politics blends theory and evidence across democratic systems and is updated throughout.

This concise, comprehensive overview of comparative politics blends theory and evidence across democratic systems and is updated throughout.

This student-friendly introduction to the key theories and concepts of comparative politics now provides even broader coverage across the democracies of the world. Easy to read and clearly structured,

This student-friendly introduction to the key theories and concepts of comparative politics now provides even broader coverage across the democracies of the world. Easy to read and clearly structured,

The author’s text stands out for its unique exploration of concepts, structures, and illustrative cases. The first part of the book, after setting the stage with a discussion of comparison as a method

The complications of using similar concepts in different situations are well-known to everyone in comparative politics. This volume faces the problems of comparability and equivalence head on and indi

An outstanding group of internationally-renowned comparative political scientists provide a substantive introduction to comparative politics. Thematic in organization, readers are guided through a com

COMPARATIVE POLITICS: STRUCTURES AND CHOICES, offers a thematic framework that seamlessly connects concepts, theories, and country-specific information. In the Second Edition, an important set of conc