Comparative Politics

Why are some countries poor and others wealthier? What enables some countries to make it in the modern world while others remain locked in poverty? Why are the poorer countries more inclined to be governed autocratically while the richer countries more inclined to be governed autocratically while the richer countries are democratic? What accounts for the regional, cultural, and geographic differences that exist? What are the politics of the transition from underdevelopment to development and what helps stimulate and sustain that process? What are the internal social and political conditions as well as the international situations of these various countries that explain the similarities as well as differences? What are the patterns that help account for the emergence of democratic as distinct from Marxist-Leninist political systems? These are the kinds of questions that lie at the heart of the field of Comparative Politics. The book provides a lucid and up-to-date presentation of the emerging topics of comparative politics in dealing with the non-western political systems and the politics of the developing areas.
Table of Contents:
Comparative Analysis and International Politics
Liberal Internationalism
Political Sociology