Comparative Politics: Political Economy, Political Culture, and Political Interdependence - Softcover

Palmer, Monte

9780534602673: Comparative Politics: Political Economy, Political Culture, and Political Interdependence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534602673 ISBN 13: 9780534602673

Publisher: Thomson Advantage/Wadsworth Publishing, 2005

This affordable CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS version of COMPARATIVE POLITICS: POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL CULTURE, AND POLITICAL INTERDEPENCE helps you see politics as a complex process involving a broad range of institutional, behavioral, and textual factors. An analyses of ten countries, plus the EU, representing a cross-section of diverse regions, economic systems, and levels of development, each chapter reviews a country's history; its major political institutions and the way they influence the policy-making process; the role of elites, parties, groups, and masses; and the broader cultural, economic, and international contexts. Each chapter also concludes with a current assessment of the country in terms of the United Nations' definition of good government as well as a discussion of future challenges.

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About the Author:

Monte Palmer received his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin and is currently Professor Emeritus at Florida State University. He had previously taught political science at Western Illinois University, Iowa State University, Florida State University and the American University of Beirut. He served as the chair of the Department of Political Science at the Florida State University and as the director of the Middle East Centers at the Florida State University and the American University of Beirut. He as also a senior fellow at the Al-Ahram Center for Strategic and Political Studies and has been a consultant to Bir Ziet University and the Arab Development Institute (Libya). He remains an advisor to the Middle East Center at FSU. His recent books include AT THE HEART OF TERROR (Rowman & Littlefield,2004), COMPARATIVE POLITICS: POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL CULTURE, AND POLITICAL INTERDEPENDENCE (2006) and POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT (1997).

Review:

"Palmer is perfect for both a survey course with its foundational Introduction and the breadth/depth of scholarly analysis in each case study serving as an excellent comparative analysis text."

"The book's strength is in style appropriate for introductory students, large number of countries to choose from, and sufficient depth for each one. I also like the fact that it tries to situation each country in the global environment."

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