Comparing Political Regimes - A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics

Informationen zum Autor Alan Siaroff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. Klappentext "Instead of the typical disparate mixture of themes and/or countries! Siaroff offers a unified analysis. The text is clear! thoughtful and well-written! and contains a wealth of data including excellent original tables and figures." - Peter Kingstone! University of Connecticut Zusammenfassung "Instead of the typical disparate mixture of themes and/or countries! Siaroff offers a unified analysis. The text is clear! thoughtful and well-written! and contains a wealth of data including excellent original tables and figures." - Peter Kingstone! University of Connecticut Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Tables and Figures * Introduction * Development and Political Development * Electoral Democracies! Liberal Democracies! and Autocracies * The Military in Politics * Factors Conducive to Democracy * Institutional Variations of Democracies * Electoral Systems and Party Systems in Democracies * Overall Centralization versus Decentralization in Democracies * Varieties of Autocracies: Totalitarianism! Sultanism! and Authoritarianism * Democratic Transitions! Consolidations! and Breakdowns * Postscript: Democracies and Autocracies in the Future Glossary of Selected Key Terms Recommended Sources for Further Research Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Alan Siaroff
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2008
• EAN: 9781442600126
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-0012-6
• No. of pages: 327
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science