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Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship and empirical analysis of elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, the author argues for the existence of primary and secondary laws of politics.
List of contents
Part I. Preliminaries 1. Introduction. Politology—The Science of Politics 2. An Analytical Beginning: From Anarchy to State Formation Part II. The Making of Democracies and Dictatorships 3. Elements of Politics: The Building Blocks of Regimes 4. The Compounds: Democracies and Dictatorships Part III. A Data Set for the Study of Politics 5. A Political World: Regimes, Countries, Regions 6. An Electoral System: Variables and Parameters 7. Laws of Politics: Primary and Secondary Part IV. Primary Laws of Politics 8. The First Law of Politics: The Law of Shrinking Support 9. The Second Law of Politics: The Law of Alternation in Office 10. Other Constants of Incumbent Vote 11. The Operation of Primary Laws in Dictatorships Part V. Secondary Laws of Politics 12. The Laws of State Expansion 13. State Spending in Democracies and Dictatorships Part VI. Cuba: A Case Study 14. Cuba: A Historical Outline 15. Democracy in Cuba: A Comparative Analysis 16. Dictatorship in Cuba: A Comparative Analysis 17. A Constitutional Framework for a Free Cuba Part VII. Recapitulation and Conclusion 18. Laws of Politics: Summary and Extension
About the author
Alfred G. Cuzán is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of West Florida, U.S.A., where he teaches primarily American and comparative politics.
Summary
Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship and empirical analysis of elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, the author argues for the existence of primary and secondary laws of politics.
