Comparing Political Regimes : : A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third Edition / / Alan Siaroff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Siaroff, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Comparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world's political systems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocracies. The third edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It now incorporates the two new countries that have appeared since the last edition—Kosovo and South Sudan—and covers the regime changes that have occurred in many countries, including the liberalization (but not yet actual democratization) of the Arab Spring. Extra material has also been added on demography and political economy, especially with regards to economic development, and on secession of regions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- ONE Introducing Comparative Politics -- TWO Development and Political Development -- THREE State Effectiveness and Political Economy -- FOUR Electoral Democracies, Liberal Democracies, and Autocracies -- FIVE Factors Conducive to Democracy -- SIX Institutional Variations of Democracies -- SEVEN Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Government Formation in Democracies -- EIGHT Overall Centralization versus Decentralization in Democracies -- NINE Varieties of Autocracies: Totalitarianism, Sultanism, and Authoritarianism -- TEN Democratic Transitions, Consolidations, and Breakdowns -- ELEVEN Postscript: Democracies and Autocracies in the Future -- Glossary of Selected Key Terms -- Recommended Sources for Further Research -- Bibliography -- Index