Introducing Comparative Politics - Stephen Orvis

Introducing Comparative Politics
4.00 Oceń książkę!

Autor: Stephen Orvis

 Wydawnictwo: CQ Press
ISBN: 9781452241524
EAN:
Format: ...
Oprawa: miękka
Stron: 768
Data wydania: 2014-03-01
Gdzie kupić tanią książkę?
Merlin
książka
393.00zł
Kup książkę
Książka w Twoim domu w ciągu 48h
This innovative hybrid book is fully ideal for lecturers who want to give their students a real sense of the questions that drive research in the field. Organized thematically around important concepts in comparative politics-Who rules? What explains political behaviour? Where and why?-the book integrates a set of extended case studies in eleven "core" countries. Serving as consistent geographic touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense substantively-not separated from theory or in a separate volume-and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. Features include: * Core country case studies: Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, India, Iran, Nigeria, Russia, the UK, the U.S., and, new to this edition, Mexico * Methods in Context boxes that model how comparativists do their research and analysis * In Context fact boxes that put eye-opening data into thematic context * Where and Why? boxes that explore why certain political outcomes occur in some countries but not in others * Country and Concept tables that display key indicators for core countries. The book is accompanied by a companion website featuring for lecturers: Test banks, PowerPoint lecture slides, an Instructor's Manual containing chapter overviews, talking points for lectures, and one page "backgrounders" on each of the 11 core case studies, and Sample syllabi. For students: chapter summaries, quiz qustions, and flashcards. "The presentation of core concepts is written in a clear, concise, and lively fashion that hooks the reader and doesn't overload with technical detail, while setting out most of the ideas I try to cover in my course. In general, the Orvis and Drogus text covers a wide range of country cases that are well selected for examining the themes and issues under discussion and is written in an engaging style that holds the reader's attention while covering concepts and explanations that are often quite sophisticated." -- Stephen P. Mumme "The hybrid approach is the primary reason I picked this book. Given my thematic approach, generic case studies that don't directly relate to a particular comparison or theme aren't very useful, so I appreciate the balance between thematic and case elements in the Orvis and Drogus text. My students have responded much more positively to this book than the previous offering. I think they find the writing level to be an attainable challenge." -- John Hulsey "The content of the case studies is excellent. Students easily grow bored with lengthy chapters on specific cases, but the thematic approach to the cases in the Orvis and Drogus text is much more interesting to my students." -- M. Casey Kane Love

Książka "Introducing Comparative Politics"
Stephen Orvis