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Title Comparing Political Regimes : A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third Edition / Alan Siaroff
Edition 3rd Edition
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
©2013
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Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- ONE Introducing Comparative Politics -- TWO Development and Political Development -- THREE State Effectiveness and Political Economy -- FOUR Electoral Democracies, Liberal Democracies, and Autocracies -- FIVE Factors Conducive to Democracy -- SIX Institutional Variations of Democracies -- SEVEN Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Government Formation in Democracies -- EIGHT Overall Centralization versus Decentralization in Democracies -- NINE Varieties of Autocracies: Totalitarianism, Sultanism, and Authoritarianism -- TEN Democratic Transitions, Consolidations, and Breakdowns -- ELEVEN Postscript: Democracies and Autocracies in the Future -- Glossary of Selected Key Terms -- Recommended Sources for Further Research -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary 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
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Subject Comparative government -- Textbooks.
Comparative government.
Raegimes politiques
Comparative government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013387299
ISBN 1442607017
9781442607019