TY - BOOK AU - Lim,Timothy C. AU - Sato,Atsuko TI - Doing Comparative Politics: An Introduction to Approaches and Issues SN - 9781685854423 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - A comprehensive introduction to the content and methods of comparative politics UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685854423 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685854423 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685854423/original ER -