A dynamic and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of politics and the ways in which political scientists attempt to describe and explain it. Using a strong comparative framework, the book links the central analytical concepts of political science that have emerged over decades of research to the realities of the political world of the early 21st century. The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated so that readers have the information and tools they need to think about the challenges and opportunities facing our world today. For those interested in political science.
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Danziger, James D., Understanding the Political World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science, 5th Edition*\ A dynamic and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of politics and the ways in which political scientists attempt to describe and explain it. Using a strong comparative framework, the book links the central analytical concepts of political science that have emerged over decades of research to the realities of the political world of the early 21st century. The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated so that readers have the information and tools they need to think about the challenges and opportunities facing our world today. For those interested in political science.
James N. Danziger is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he also has served as Chair of the Department of Political Science, campus-wide Dean of Undergraduate Education, Chair of the Academic Senate, and Associate Director of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations. He is recipient of many honors and awards, including a Marshall Scholarship (to Great Britain), a Foreign Area Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Phi Beta Kappa, and an IBM Faculty Award. He received the first UC Irvine Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award for Teaching in 1987 and the UC Irvine Distinguished Service Award in 1997. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University, and he has held visiting appointments at the universities of Aarhus (Denmark), Pittsburgh, and Virginia. His research has received awards from the American Political Science Association and the American Society for Public Administration. He has published extensively, particularly on information technology and politics, and he is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research. He has also been an active participant in local politics.
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