Comparative Politics: Principles of Democracy and Democratization

John T. Ishiyama

ISBN 10: 1405186860 / ISBN 13: 9781405186865

Published by Wiley-Blackwell May 2011, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Politics: Principles of Democracy and Democratization
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell May 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405186860
• ISBN 13: 9781405186865
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: USED Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • POLITICS General

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Synopsis

By revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, Comparative Politics shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country's unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances. 

• Addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development
• Reveals that democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country's unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances
• Applies theories and principles relating to the promotion of the development of democracy to the contemporary case studies

About the Author

John T. Ishiyama is Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Political Science Education. Professor Ishiyama is the author of six books and over 100 articles on political science-related issues. He studies the politics of post-communist eastern and central Europe and Africa (especially Ethiopia).