World MapRegional and Country CoveragePrefaceAbout the AuthorsPART I A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPARATIVE POLITICSCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION The Big Issues Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It? Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics Plan of the Book Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 2. THE MODERN STATE Characteristics of the Modern State Historical Origins of Modern States Strong, Weak, and Failed States Case Studies of State Formation Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 3. STATES, CITIZENS, AND REGIMES Citizens and Civil Society Regimes, Ideologies, and Citizens Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 4. STATES AND IDENTITY Understanding Identity The Policy Debate Nations and Nationalism Ethnicity Race Religion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular State Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and Representation Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesPART II POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORKCHAPTER 5. GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS IN DEMOCRACIES Executives and Legislatures Comparing Executive-Legislative Institutions Judiciary Bureaucracy Federalism Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONS OF PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATION IN DEMOCRACIES The Electoral System Formal Institutions: Political Parties and Party Systems Civil Society Case Studies in Participation and Representation Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 7. CONTENTIOUS POLITICS: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND REVOLUTION Framing Contentious Politics Political Violence Revolution Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 8.

AUTHORITARIAN INSTITUTIONS Authoritarian Rule around the World Governing Institutions in Authoritarian Regimes Elections, Parties, and Civil Society in Authoritarian Regimes Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 9. REGIME CHANGE The Military in Politics: Coups d'État Revolution Democratization Transitions to Democracy Explaining Democratization, Consolidation, and Breakdown Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesPART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICYCHAPTER 10. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WEALTH The Market, Capitalism, and the State Key Economic Debates Types of Capitalist Economies Globalization: A New World Order, or Déjà Vu All Over Again? States and Markets around the World Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 11. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT What Is "Development"? Development and Globalization The Development Debate Case Studies in Development Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 12. PUBLIC POLICIES WHEN MARKETS FAIL: WELFARE, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT "Welfare": Social Policy in Comparative Perspective Health Care and Health Policy Environmental Problems and Policy Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesGlossaryIndex.