This accessible introduction to comparative politics offers a fresh, state-centered perspective on the fundamentals of political science. Num Pages: 346 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622. The State and Its Challenges. 346 pages, 12 tables. This accessible introduction to comparative politics offers a fresh, state-centered perspective on the fundamentals of political science. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JPB. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 18. Weight: 622. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Introduction to Comparative Politics: The State and its Challenges
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521758386
ISBN 13: 9780521758383
Binding: Soft cover
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This stimulating and accessible introduction to comparative politics offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of political science. Its central theme is the enduring political significance of the modern state despite severe challenges to its sovereignty. There are three main sections to the book. The first traces the origins and meaning of the state and proceeds to explore its relationship to the practice of politics. The second examines how states are governed and compares patterns of governance found in the two major regime types in the world today, democracy and authoritarianism. The last section discusses several contemporary challenges – globalization, ethnic nationalism, terrorism, and organized crime – to state sovereignty. Designed to appeal to students and professors alike, this lively text engages readers as it traces states' struggles against the mutually reinforcing pressures of global economic and political interdependence, fragmented identities and secessionism, transnational criminal networks, and terrorism.

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Robert Hislope is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Union College, New York.

Anthony Mughan is Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies at the Ohio State University.

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