The Politics of the Developing Areas / / ed. by Gabriel Abraham Almond, James Smoot Coleman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• MitwirkendeR: Almond, Gabriel A.,; Blanksten, George I.,; Coleman, James S.,; Pye, Lucian W.,; Rustow, Dankwart A.,; Weiner, Myron,
• HerausgeberIn: Almond, Gabriel Abraham,; Coleman, James Smoot,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University ; 1652
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (610 p.)

A pioneering venture, this book is the first major effort toward a valid comparison of the political systems of Asia, Africa, the Near East, and Latin America.After establishing a theoretical framework based on a functional approach to comparative politics, the authors apply their scheme to Southeast Asia (Lucian W. Pye), South Asia (Myron Weiner), SubSaharan Africa (James S. Coleman), the Near East (Dankwart Rustow), and Latin America (George I. Blanksten). In each area they survey the political background, the nature and function of political, governmental, and authoritative structures, the processes of change and means of political integration. The contributors have performed an extraordinarily difficult feat of classification, description, synthesis, and analysis in what promises to be a book of seminal importance in comparative politics.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: A Functional Approach to Comparative Politics -- 1. The Politics of Southeast Asia -- 2. The Politics of South Asia -- 3. The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 4. The Politics of the Near East -- 5. The Politics of Latin America -- Conclusion: The Political Systems of the Developing Areas -- Appendix -- Index -- Contributors