New Approaches to Comparative Politics
New Approaches to Comparative Politics

Author: Jennifer S. Holmes

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780739104620

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The field of comparative politics traditionally has been divided into two camps: on the one hand, quantitatively driven work on a broad scale; on the other, more qualitative area studies. This edited collection promotes a new approach to comparative politics that transcends the debate about the future of the discipline. The contributors' essays are innovative in their interweaving of case studies of the political situations in particular regions with the project of political theorizing. The chapters take as their points of departure such diverse topics as the liberal tradition in United States politics, the impact of drug-related violence on democratic stability in Colombia, and the relationship between poverty reduction and support for democracy in Mali, thereby resoundingly demonstrating the broad relevance of the volume's unifying theme: theoretically informed comparative analysis. Students of politics, from advanced undergraduates to practicing scholars, will find this volume useful in assessing, analyzing, and uniting the fields of comparative politics and political theory.

Understanding Comparative Politics
Understanding Comparative Politics

Author: Mehran Kamrava

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0415773040

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Mehran Kamrava examines current and past approaches to the study of comparative politics and proposes a new framework for analysis through a comparative examination of state and social institutions.

Rethinking Comparison
Rethinking Comparison

Author: Erica S. Simmons

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1108967086

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Qualitative comparative methods – and specifically controlled qualitative comparisons – are central to the study of politics. They are not the only kind of comparison, though, that can help us better understand political processes and outcomes. Yet there are few guides for how to conduct non-controlled comparative research. This volume brings together chapters from more than a dozen leading methods scholars from across the discipline of political science, including positivist and interpretivist scholars, qualitative methodologists, mixed-methods researchers, ethnographers, historians, and statisticians. Their work revolutionizes qualitative research design by diversifying the repertoire of comparative methods available to students of politics, offering readers clear suggestions for what kinds of comparisons might be possible, why they are useful, and how to execute them. By systematically thinking through how we engage in qualitative comparisons and the kinds of insights those comparisons produce, these collected essays create new possibilities to advance what we know about politics.

Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics
Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics

Author: Todd Landman

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780415272698

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Explores the importance of comparative politics, discusses different comparative methods, investigates the big issues of today and looks forward to the key challenges for comparative politics over the next century.

Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics

Author: Jan-Erik Lane

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-10-30

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1134082509

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This book explores, using a set of data from 150 countries, whether there are any evolutionary mechanisms in politics that guide mankind towards the rule of law regime, domestically and globally.

Latin America In Comparative Perspective
Latin America In Comparative Perspective

Author: Peter H Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 0429979002

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This book highlights the necessity of analyzing Latin American society and politics within broad comparative frameworks. It explores methodological strategies for regional comparison and offers new approaches to the study of women, state power, corporatism, and political culture.

Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics

Author: B. Guy Peters

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1998-10

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780814766682

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This book examines the issues involved in the attempts to compare political systems, and discusses how the methods and results of comparative politics can be improved.

Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics

Author: Paul W. Zagorski

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 1135969795

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Comparative Politics: Continuity and Breakdown in the Contemporary World is an exciting new core text for introduction to comparative politics courses, focusing on the dynamics of politics: modernization, revolution, coups and democratization. Unlike other texts, Comparative Politics integrates thematic and extensive country-specific material in each chapter, striking a unique balance between discussing a wide range of countries and civilizations in detail, whilst using shorter focused textboxes to clearly illustrate key thematic points. Key features and benefits include: explanations of core concepts such as state, nation, regime, legitimacy, modernization, globalization, revolution, and mass movements an introduction of key theoretical approaches such as institutionalism, structural functionalism, political culture, political economy, and game theory detailed coverage of democratization, advanced democracies, developing countries and communist and post-communist states a range of perspectives to present a nuanced view of the discipline and contemporary political developments case studies of individual countries including Germany, the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Nigeria, Zaire/Congo, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Pakistan, India, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China country-focused textboxes giving a chronology of key developments, including the United Kingdom, France, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. Extensively illustrated throughout with maps, photographs, tables and explanatory boxes, Comparative Politics is an innovative core text, and essential reading for all students of Comparative Politics.