Comparative politics : approaches and issues /
Wiarda, Howard J., 1939-
Comparative politics : approaches and issues / Howard J. Wiarda ; with the assistance of Esther M. Skelley. - Lanham, [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. 2007. - xiii, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The field of comparative politics -- Introduction -- New directions in comparative politics -- Approaches to the field -- Political development -- Political culture and comparative politics -- Corporatism and comparative politics -- Indigenous theories of change -- Political development revisited and its alternatives -- Hot issues -- Comparative democracy and democratization -- Is civil society exportable? -- The developing nations : what works in development and what doesn't -- Frontiers of research in comparative politics -- Comparative politics : toward new frontiers -- The end of the great systems debate? implications for comparative politics -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings.
9780742530362 9780742530355 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742530361 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0742530353 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006012679
Comparative government.
JF51 / .W47 2007
320.3 / W. H. C
Comparative politics : approaches and issues / Howard J. Wiarda ; with the assistance of Esther M. Skelley. - Lanham, [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. 2007. - xiii, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The field of comparative politics -- Introduction -- New directions in comparative politics -- Approaches to the field -- Political development -- Political culture and comparative politics -- Corporatism and comparative politics -- Indigenous theories of change -- Political development revisited and its alternatives -- Hot issues -- Comparative democracy and democratization -- Is civil society exportable? -- The developing nations : what works in development and what doesn't -- Frontiers of research in comparative politics -- Comparative politics : toward new frontiers -- The end of the great systems debate? implications for comparative politics -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings.
9780742530362 9780742530355 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742530361 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0742530353 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006012679
Comparative government.
JF51 / .W47 2007
320.3 / W. H. C