New Directions in Comparative Politics, Third Edition

This book discusses the major schools of thought or paradigms in comparative politics: development theory, political culture, dependency analysis, corporatism, state-society relations, political economy, theories of change, comparative public policy, institutionalism, and rational choice theory.

List of contents

1. Introduction: New Directions in Comparative Politics 2. Corporatism and Comparative Politics: Is There a New Century of Corporatism? 3. The Dependency Approach 4. The State in Society 5. Comparative Political Economy 6. Public Policy and Politics: Analyzing Policy in Comparative Perspective 7. Non-Western Theories of Development: Critiques and Explorations 8. Political Culture and Democracy 9. Rational Choice Theory in Comparative Politics 10. The Study of Political Institutions 11. Toward the Future: Old and New Directions in Comparative Politics

About the author

Wiarda, Howard

Summary

This book discusses the major schools of thought or paradigms in comparative politics: development theory, political culture, dependency analysis, corporatism, state-society relations, political economy, theories of change, comparative public policy, institutionalism, and rational choice theory.

Product details

• Authors: Paul S. Adams, Paul S. Gill Adams, Anthony Gill, Lawrence S. Graham, Ronald Inglehart, Joel S. Migdal, Gerardo L. Munck, Tony Smith, A. H. Somjee, Christian Welzel, Howard Wiarda, Howard J. Wiarda, Frank L. Wilson
• Assisted by: Howard J. Wiarda (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367157234
• ISBN: 978-0-367-15723-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government