3rd Edition

New Directions In Comparative Politics

By Howard J. Wiarda Copyright 2002
267 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

As ?must? reading for anyone interested in comparative politics, this text is designed to address the theoretical developments and approaches important to the comparative study of political systems today. These include: developmentalism, dependency theory, corporatism, state society relations, political economy, public policy analysis, indigenous theories of change, rational choice, and the new... Read more
Preface , Introduction: New Directions in Comparative Politics , Corporatism and Comparative Politics: Is There a New Century of Corporatism? , The Dependency Approach , The State in Society , Comparative Political Economy , Public Policy and Politics: Analyzing Policy in Comparative Perspective , Non-Western Theories of Development: Critiques and Explorations , Political Culture and Democracy , Rational Choice Theory in Comparative Politics , The Study of Political Institutions , Toward the Future: Old and New Directions in Comparative Politics

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Howard J Wiarda