Introducing Comparative Politics - Stephen Walter Orvis

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Auteur(s) : Stephen Walter Orvis - Carol Ann Drogus

Editeur : Sage Publications Inc

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/01/2018

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Expédition : 834

Dimensions : 20.3 x 25.4 x 2.3

ISBN : 9781544326849

Résumé :
For Introducing Comparative Politics: The Essentials, the driving force is the pluralist, objective stance on introducing students to core concepts in Comparative Politics.

Biographie:

Stephen Orvis is Professor of Government at Hamilton College. He is a specialist on sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya in particular), identity politics, democratic transitions, and the political economy of development. He has been teaching introduction to comparative politics for more than twenty-five years, as well as courses on African politics, nationalism and the politics of identity, political economy of development, and weak states. He has written a book and articles on agricultural development in Kenya, as well as several articles on civil society in Africa and Kenya and is currently doing research on political institutions in Africa.

Sommaire:
Part I A Framework for Understanding Comparative Politics
Chapter 1. Introduction
The Big Issues
Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It?
Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics
Chapter 2. The Modern State
Characteristics of the Modern State
Historical Origins of Modern States
Strong, Weak, and Failed States
Chapter 3. States, Citizens, and Regimes
Citizens and Civil Society
Regimes, Ideologies, and Citizens
Chapter 4. States and Identity
Understanding Identity
The Policy Debate
Nations and Nationalism
Ethnicity
Race
Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State
Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation
Part II Political Systems and How They Work
Chapter 5. Governing Institutions in Democracies
Executives and Legislatures
Comparing Executive-Legislative Institutions
Judiciary
Bureaucracy
Federalism
Chapter 6. Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies
The Electoral System
Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems
Civil Society
Chapter 7. Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution
Framing Contentious Politics
Political Violence
Revolution
Chapter 8. Authoritarian Institutions
Authoritarian Rule around the World
Governing Institutions in Authoritarian Regimes
Elections, Parties, and Civil Society in Authoritarian Regimes
Chapter 9. Regime Change
The Military in Politics: Coups d??tat
Revolution
Democratization
Part III Political Economy and Policy
Chapter 10. Political Economy of Wealth
The Market, Capitalism, and the State
Key Economic Debates
Types of Capitalist Economies
Globalization: A New World Order, or D?j? Vu All Over Again?
Chapter 11. Political Economy of Development
What Is Development?
Development and Globalization
The Development Debate
Chapter 12. Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment
Welfare: Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
Health Care and Health Policy
Environmental Problems and Policy