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Doing Comparative Politics : An Introduction to Approaches and Issues / Timothy C. Lim.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685854423
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: What Is Comparative Politics? -- Part 1 Doing Comparative Politics -- 2 Comparing to Learn, Learning to Compare: A Primer on Comparative Methods -- 3 Thinking Theoretically in Comparative Politics -- Part 2 The Questions -- 4 Why Are Poor Countries Poor? Explaining Economic Underdevelopment -- 5 Why Is East Asia Rich? Explaining Capitalist Growth and Industrialization in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China -- 6 What Makes a Democracy? Explaining the Breakdown of Authoritarian Rule -- 7 What Makes a Terrorist? Explaining “Violent Substate Activism” -- 8 What Makes a Social Movement? Explaining the Rise and Success of Collective Mobilization -- Part 3 The Future of Comparative Politics -- 9 Globalization and the Study of Comparative Politics -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: A comprehensive introduction to the content and methods of comparative politics.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: What Is Comparative Politics? -- Part 1 Doing Comparative Politics -- 2 Comparing to Learn, Learning to Compare: A Primer on Comparative Methods -- 3 Thinking Theoretically in Comparative Politics -- Part 2 The Questions -- 4 Why Are Poor Countries Poor? Explaining Economic Underdevelopment -- 5 Why Is East Asia Rich? Explaining Capitalist Growth and Industrialization in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China -- 6 What Makes a Democracy? Explaining the Breakdown of Authoritarian Rule -- 7 What Makes a Terrorist? Explaining “Violent Substate Activism” -- 8 What Makes a Social Movement? Explaining the Rise and Success of Collective Mobilization -- Part 3 The Future of Comparative Politics -- 9 Globalization and the Study of Comparative Politics -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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A comprehensive introduction to the content and methods of comparative politics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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