Comparative Politics Approaches and Issues
Howard J. Wiarda
With the Assistance of
Esther M. Skelley
Contents
Part I The Field of Comparative Politics
1 Introduction
2 New Directions in Comparative Politics
Part II Approaches to the Field
3 Political Development
4 Political Culture and Comparative Politics
5 Corporatism and Comparative Politics
6 Indigenous Theories of Change
7 Political Development Revisited-and Its Alternatives
Part III Hot Issues
8 Comparative Democracy and Democratization
9 Is Civil Society Exportable?
10 The Developing Nations: What Works in Developmentand What Doesn’t 207
11 Frontiers of Research in Comparative Politics
Part IV Comparative Politics: Toward New Frontiers
12 The End of the Great Systems Debate? Implications for
Comparative Politics
13 Conclusion
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