Comparing Political Regimes: A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Alan Siaroff

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 360
Edition: 3rd Edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Comparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world’s political systems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocracies.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
ONE Introducing Comparative Politics
TWO Development and Political Development
THREE State Effectiveness and Political Economy
FOUR Electoral Democracies, Liberal Democracies, and Autocracies
FIVE Factors Conducive to Democracy
SIX Institutional Variations of Democracies
SEVEN Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Government Formation in Democracies
EIGHT Overall Centralization versus Decentralization in Democracies
NINE Varieties of Autocracies: Totalitarianism, Sultanism, and Authoritarianism
TEN Democratic Transitions, Consolidations, and Breakdowns
ELEVEN Postscript: Democracies and Autocracies in the Future
Glossary of Selected Key Terms
Recommended Sources for Further Research
Bibliography
Index

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