Introduction to Comparative Politics: The State and its Challenges

<p>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.</p>

Business & Money

Hislope, Robert

Mughan, Anthony

Economics

Cambridge University Press

<p>Democracies are traditionally ruled "by the people", but in fact the personalities of individual decision makers can have a profound influence on the course of history. This volume explores the concept of political leadership in the Western democracies through the writings of eminent political scientists. The book examines the concept of leadership as it applies to democracies, then explores the role of individual personality, the process by which people rise to positions of power, and how they become part of the political elite. The editors also focus attention on the ways in which individuals exercise power, the effect of constituents and interest groups, and the results of good and bad leadership.</p>

Political Leadership in Democratic Societies

Politics & Social Sciences

Patterson, Samuel C.

Politics & Government

Wadsworth Publishing

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