Comparing Political Regimes:a Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics/ Alan Siaroff.
Additional physical form available notes:
Issued also in electronic format.;
Physical description:
347p.: ill. 23 cm;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.;
Edition:
Second edition.;
Author(s): SIAROFF, Alan;
ISBN:
9781442600126 (pbk.;
Subjects: Comparative government --Textbooks.;
Comparative government.fast;
Textbooks.fast;
Formatted contents notes:
1. Introduction -- 2. Development and Political Development -- 3. State Effectiveness and Political Economy -- 4. Electoral Democracies, Liberal Democracies, and Autocracies -- 5. Factors Conducive to Democracy -- 6. Institutional Variations of Democracies -- 7. Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Government Formations in Democracies -- 8. Overall Centralization versus Decentralization in Democracies -- 9. Varieties of Autocracies: Totalitarianism, Sultanism, and Authoritarianism -- 10. Democratic Transitions, Consolidations, and Breakdowns -- 11. Postscript: Democracies and Autocracies in the Future.;
Summary notes:
"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.;
The third edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It now incorporates the two new countries that have appeared since the last edition - Kosovo and South Sudan - and covers the regime changes that have occurred in many countries, including the liberalization (but not yet actual democratization) of the Arab Spring. Extra material has also been added on demography and political economy, especially with regards to economic development, and on secession of regions."--pub. desc.;
Call number: 320.3 SIA;
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