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[Ebook PDF] Introducing Comparative Politics Concepts and Cases in Context, 4th Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1506375465
ISBN-10: 1506375464

Author: Stephen Orvis (Author), Carol Ann Drougus (Author)

Organized thematically around important questions in comparative politics, Introducing Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition by Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus integrates a set of extended case studies of 11 core countries into the narrative. Serving as touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense topically―not separated from theory or in a separate volume―and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. The book’s organization allows instructors flexibility and gives students a more accurate sense of comparative study.

In this edition, a brand new chapter on Contentious Politics covers ethnic fragmentation, social movements, civil war, revolutions, and political violence. New case studies on this topic include the Occupy and Tea Party movements in the US; Zapatista rebellion in Mexico; Boko Haram in Nigeria; and; and revolutions in China and Iran. The chapter on States and Identity has been substantially revised to better introduce students to the concept of identity and how countries handle identity-based demands. Case studies include nationalism in Germany; ethnicity in Nigeria; religion in India; race in the US; gender in Iran; and sexual orientation in Brazil. Content on states and markets, political economy, globalization, and development has all been consolidated into a new Part III of the book, focusing in a sustained way on economic issues.

Brief Contents
World Map
Regional and Country Coverage
Preface
About the Authors
PART I A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2. THE MODERN STATE
CHAPTER 3. STATES, CITIZENS, AND REGIMES
CHAPTER 4. STATES AND IDENTITY
PART II POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK
CHAPTER 5. GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS IN
DEMOCRACIES
CHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONS OF PARTICIPATION AND
REPRESENTATION IN DEMOCRACIES
CHAPTER 7. CONTENTIOUS POLITICS: SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND
REVOLUTION
CHAPTER 8. AUTHORITARIAN INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 9. REGIME CHANGE
PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY
CHAPTER 10. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WEALTH
CHAPTER 11. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 12. PUBLIC POLICIES WHEN MARKETS FAIL:
WELFARE, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Glossary
Index

Preface
The teaching of introductory comparative politics has long been divided, and to some extent confounded, by the question of “country” or “concept”: Should the course be taught, as it traditionally has been, as a series of country studies highlighting the key similarities and differences among political institutions around the world, or should it be focused on the important concepts in the discipline? Throughout twenty-five years of teaching introduction to comparative politics, we have been frustrated by this “either/or” proposition, as well as by the textbooks that have been built upon it. The country approach is far too descriptive, and it is not easy to tease major concepts out of country case studies in any sustained way. This makes it difficult for students to get to the intellectual “meat” of our discipline. A purely conceptual approach, on the other hand, leaves students with little concrete knowledge, even when they’re given examples here and there. We want our students to know the difference between a president and a prime minister. We’ve found that it is impossible for them to assess theories in an empirical vacuum. Students need the context that studying actual country cases provides.
We traded syllabi back and forth over the years, trying to combine the two approaches. Our goal was to introduce a set of related concepts and then immediately examine in some detail how they matter in the real world in a comparative context. To do this, we started using two textbooks, one conceptual and the other country-based, in an iterative fashion. But the parts never fit together well, even if written by the same team. In particular, we found that the conceptual books didn’t lend themselves well to connecting key theoretical concepts to case study material. We also found that the case studies in most country-based books were either too detailed, leaving the student overwhelmed by unnecessary information, or too simplistic, leaving the student without adequate knowledge with which to understand the utility of the theoretical concepts.