Annual editions: comparative politics 07/08/ editor Christian Soe - Twenty-fifth edition - xxii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes index

Unit 1, Pluralist democracies - country studies : A The economist intelligence unit's indez of democracy/ Laza Kekic --
A Revised British constitution: Tony Blair's lasting legacy? / Donley T. Studlar --
Who killed the British Prime Minister / The Economist --
Electoral politics in the United Kingdom / Donley T. Studlar --
The end of French Europe / Stephen Philip Kramer --
France's murky mix of school and scandal / Katrin Bennhold --
Angela Merkel's not-so-grand coalition / The Economist --
Waiting for a Wunder / Ludwig Siegele --
Japanese spirit, Western things / The Economist --
Departing Japanese leader shook up politics as usual / Norimitsu Onishi ; Unit 2, Pluralist democracies - factors in the political process : Public opinion: Is there a crisis? / The Economist --
Political parties: empty vessels? / The Economist Interest groups: Ex uno, plures / The Economist --
Women in national parliaments / Inter-parliamentary Union --
The true clash of civilizations / Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris --
What political institutions does large-scale democracy require? / Robert A. Dahl --
What democracy is...and is not / Philippe C. Schmitter and Terry Lynn Karl --
Judicial review: the gavel and the robe / The Economoist --
Referendums: the people's choice / The Economist --
The great divide / Timothy Garton Ash --
Living with a superpower / The Economist --
The case for a multi-party U.S. Parliament? American Politics in comparative perspective / Christopher S. Allen ; Unit 3, Europe in transition - West, Center, and East : A too perfect union? Why Europe said "No" / Andrew Moravcsik --
Bored by 'results', Europe regains its tates for grand plans / George Parker --
A venture at a standstill / The Economist --
Shadows at Europe's heart / The Economist --
Russia's Ersatz democracy / Lilia Shevtsova --
What does Puti want? / Peter Lavelle --
The new American cold war / Stephen F. Cohen ; Unit 4, Political diversity in the Developing world : Mexico's disputed election / Luis Rubio and Jeffrey Davidow --
Latin America's left turn / Jorge G. Casteneda --
Nigeria: Chronicle of a dying state / Ike Okonta --
China: The quiet revolution / Doug Guthrie --
Where's Mao? Chinese revise history books / Joseph Kahn --
India's path to greatness / Martin Walker --
Bin Laden, the Arab "Street" and the Middle East's democracy deficit / Current History ; Unit 5, Comparative politics: Some major trends, Issues, and prospects : Democracy's sobering state / Thomas Carothers --
Capitalism and democracy / Gabriel A. Almond --
Cultural explanations: The man in the Baghdad Cafe / The Economist --
Globalization is about blending, not homogenizing / Joseph S. Nye Jr. --
An explosive combination / Amy Chua --
Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin R. Barber.



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