Nations and Government: Comparative Politics in Regional Perspective (with CD-ROM)

Understand national governments more fully by seeing them within a larger regional context with NATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS: COMPARATIVE POLITICS IN REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE is a unique guide that will allow you to explore the parts of the world that interest you the most! This intriguing text is organized regionally and creates a context in which you can understand the larger picture.

Thomas Magstadt earned his doctorate at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is the author of UNDERSTANDING POLITICS: IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS, AND ISSUES (Thompson/Wadsworth, 2003), now in its sixth edition, and AN EMPIRE IF YOU CAN KEEP IT: POWER AND PRINCIPLE IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2004). He has also published many scholarly papers and articles and is a frequent op-ed contributor to newspapers. He taught at Augustana College, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the Air War College, and the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He was a Fulbright Lecturer in the Czech Republic before turning to full-time writing. He lives in Westwood Hills, Kansas (close to the heart of Kansas City).