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

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...

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