O'Neil, Patrick H. Essentials of Comparative Politics fourth edition. New York: W. Norton, Ong, Aihwa. Flexible Citizenship: Cultural Logics of Transnationality. Publishers, Written by three experts in the field, this book takes a balanced approached to the subject, serving as a strong foundation for further study.
Essential of Comparative Politics. New York and London: W. Our developmental editor for the first, third, and fourth editions of the full Introducing Comparative Politics text, Elise Frasier, was invaluable, putting forth tremendous ideas for Menz, G. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Author : O'neil Publisher: W. Essentials of Comparative Politics introduces students to the concepts that political scientists use to study and compare political systems and the particulars of specific political systems. The Fourth Edition has been revised and updated to include the most current and relevant examples and scholarship. Author : Jacqui Briggs Publisher: Routledge ISBN: Category: Political Science Page: View: Read Now » Aimed at politics students in their final year of secondary education or beginning their degrees, this highly readable book is the ideal introduction to politics.
Doing Politics is a detailed guide to both the study and the activity of politics, which explores why we study politics, what is involved in a politics degree, and the skills and mindset that are needed to tackle the subject. Assuming no prior knowledge, this lively and engaging guide is the perfect introduction to the academic study of politics.
Author : Todd Landman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: Category: Political Science Page: View: Read Now » Building on the strengths of the third edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these methods to dominant issues in comparative politics using a wealth of topical examples from around the world, and then discusses the new challenges in the area.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition features: Additional contemporary case studies including the democratisation of technology and the Arab Spring; Detailed discussion of regression analysis and diffusion; More analysis of justice, inequality, and compliance; Reflection on new methods and treatments of contemporary comparative politics.
Balancing reader friendly features with high quality analysis makes this popular academic text is essential reading for everyone interested in comparative politics and research methods. We will start with approaches and methods in comparative politics. We will then look at the origins and functioning of the nation-state, and then move on to the concepts of democracy and autocracy.
We next survey various institutions, including electoral systems, executives and bureaucracies, legislatures, federalism and decentralization, political parties and party systems. We conclude by examining the role of identity and culture in bringing about different political outcomes. Given the introductory nature of this course, the main objective is to gain knowledge and understanding of key concepts, theories and methodologies used in comparative politics.
We then aim to develop skills using these key concepts, theories and methods, though the analysis of real-life political phenomena countries, groups, institutions, events , specifically from a comparative perspective. Our final aim is to then be able to again assess the utility of concepts, theories and methods in helping us understand political phenomena. Understand, contextualize and explain major concepts, theories and methods in comparative politics;.
Once available, timetables will be published here. We will meet for two 2-hour seminars each week. Along with plenary discussions, we will also use in-class exercises in order to channel our brainstorming and musing creatively and efficiently. Your preparation, research, contribution and reflection are essential for your success in this course, for the quality of our interaction and, ultimately, the learning of the whole group. A typical session will start with a brief summary of previously learned material followed by a structured interactive discussion of a specific topic based on assigned readings.
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