Doing Comparative Politics : : An Introduction to Approaches and Issues / / Timothy C. Lim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Lim, Timothy C. ,
• MitwirkendeR: Sato, Atsuko,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685854423; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685854423
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Timothy C. Lim.

A comprehensive introduction to the content and methods of comparative politics.