Essentials of Comparative Politics

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The Essentials of Comparative Politics family-including a core textbook, reader, and casebook of country studies-is the most comprehensive, flexible, and affordable package for introductory courses.

For this Second Edition, each book has been reorganized to best complement the others and updated to reflect recent developments.

This accessible introduction presents the core concepts that political scientists use to study and compare political systems, illustrating these concepts with concrete examples from specific political systems.

• A conceptual framework that is easy for students to apply. Essentials of Comparative Politics teaches students the fundamentals that political scientists use to compare countries and governments. Beginning with basic concepts such as the state and regimes, it uses a consistent framework to build on these concepts and enable students to make meaningful comparisons on their own.
• Engaging new content. The Second Edition offers new coverage of relevant issues that interest today's students, including discussions of Islamic fundamentalism, the Iraq war, the expansion of the European Union, and the effects of globalization. Also included is a new chapter on political violence that examines revolution and terrorism across countries and cultures.

Essentials of Comparative Politics is listed as a Suggested AP* title from The College Board.

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