Comparative Politics: Approaches and Issues

by Howard J. Wiarda

Book Overview

Beginning with an introduction to the field of comparative politics, this clear and complete text moves on to explore new, innovative directions in the field. Leading scholar Howard J. Wiarda explores its main approaches, including political development, political culture, dependency theory, corporatism, indigenous theories of change, state-society relations, rational choice, and the new institutionalism. The book then turns its attention to the hot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742530361
• ISBN13: 9780742530362
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"