Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach, Canadian Edition - Softcover

Mahler, Gregory S.; MacInnis, Donald J.

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9780130915696: Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach, Canadian Edition

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ISBN 10: 0130915696 ISBN 13: 9780130915696

Publisher: Pearson Canada, 2001

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For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Comparative Politics, World Politics, as well as Introduction to Politics with a comparative focus.

Written in aclear, jargon-free style, Comparative Politics emphasizes political institutions and behavior—rather than on abstract conceptual frameworks. This approach makes the text more accessible to introductory students than most other texts on comparative politics. It features both a cross-national approach which focuses helping students develop develop a comparative understanding of the types of institutions (e.g., constitutions, executives, legislatures, political parties, etc.)—as well as a country-by-country approach that examines those institutions within the contexts of eight different countries. This approach allows students to develop the ability to look how all the “pieces” fit together in various countries.

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Focusing on political institutions and nation states, the book first examines various structures in the political environment such as constitutional frameworks, legislatures, executives, judicial systems, electoral structures and political parties. It then goes on to examine those institutions within the context of eight different countries.

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This exploration of comparative world politics focuses on a wide range of nations--Western and Eastern, developed and developing. The first half of the book looks at various political institutions as they exist in various countries--allowing readers to see the commonality of the institutions under examination (e.g., constitutions, legislatures, executives, judiciaries, political parties, interest groups, etc). The second half of the book features separate chapters on individual countries--with a look at all of the various institutions within one country, showing how the various ingredients "fit together" in a single unit. Constitutions and Ideologies. Political Development and Political Economics. Legislatures and Legislative Structures. The Executive. Judiciaries and the Legal Order. Interest Groups, Political Parties. The Individual and the Political Environment. The British Political System. The French Political System. The German Political System. The Japanese Political System. The Canadian Political System. The Mexican Political System. The Nigerian Political System. The Russian Political System. For anyone interested in Comparative Politics or World Politics.

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