Part I: A Framework for Understanding Comparative PoliticsChapter 1: IntroductionComparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It?Three Key Questions in Comparative PoliticsKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 2: The Modern StateCharacteristics of the Modern StateHistorical Origins of Modern StatesStrong, Weak, and Failed StatesCase Studies of State FormationCase Study: Germany: The First Modern Welfare StateCase Study: Japan: Determined SovereigntyCase Study: United Kingdom: The Long Evolution Of A Strong StateCase Study: The United States: A Consciously Crafted StateCase Study: Mexico: Challenges To Internal SovereigntyCase Study: China: Economic Legitimacy Over Political ReformCase Study: Brazil: A Moderately Strong, and Now Legitimate, Modern StateCase Study: India: Enduring Democracy In A Moderately Weak StateCase Study: Russia: Strong External Sovereignty with Weak Rule of LawCase Study: Iran: Claiming Legitimacy Via TheocracyCase Study: Nigeria: An Extremely Weak StateConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 3: States, Citizens, and RegimesCitizens and Civil SocietyRegimes, Ideologies, and CitizensCase Study: United Kingdom: "Cradle of Democracy"Case Study: Russia: The First Self-Proclaimed Communist RegimeCase Study: Germany: Rise of the Nazi Party and a Totalitarian StateCase Study: Brazil: A Modernizing Authoritarian Regime in Military Form, 1964-1985Case Study: Nigeria: A Personalist Regime in Uniform, 1993-1998Case Study: Mexico: Electoral Authoritarianism under the PRICase Study: The Islamic Republic of Iran: Theocratic State, 1979-ConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 4: States and IdentityUnderstanding IdentityThe Policy DebateNations, Nationalism, and ImmigrationCase Study: Nationalism in GermanyEthnicityCase Study: The Evolving Role of Ethnicity in NigeriaRaceCase Study: Racial Politics in the United StatesSocial ClassCase Study: The United Kingdom: Evolving Class Politics in a Class-divided SocietyReligion: Recognition, Autonomy, and the Secular StateCase Study: India: Secularism in a Religious and Religiously Plural SocietyGender and Sexual Orientation: The Continuing Struggle for Recognition, Social Status, and RepresentationCase Study: Iran: Women''s Social Gains, Political and Cultural Restrictions, and Islamic FeminismCase Study: Brazil: LGBTQ Rights in a New DemocracyConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesPart II: Political Systems and How They WorkChapter 5: Governing Institutions in DemocraciesExecutives and LegislaturesCase Study: Parliamentary Rule in Britain and IndiaCase Study: Presidentialism in the United States and BrazilCase Study: Russia: Semipresidentialism in a New Democracy with Weak InstitutionsComparing Executive-Legislative InstitutionsJudiciaryCase Study: The Judiciary: BrazilBureaucracyCase Study: Bureaucratic Control and Corruption: JapanFederalismCase Study: Federalism: Mexico, India, and RussiaConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 6: Institutions of Participation and Representation in DemocraciesThe Electoral SystemFormal Institutions: Political Parties and Party SystemsCivil SocietyCase Studies in Participation and RepresentationCase Study: The United Kingdom: SMD/FPTP, Two Parties, and PluralismCase Study: Germany: A Multiparty System and Neocorporatism under ThreatCase Study: Japan: From Dominant-Party to Two-Party System?Case Study: Brazil: Parties and Civil Society in a Young DemocracyConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudiesWeb ResourcesChapter 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and RevolutionFraming Contentious PoliticsCase Study: The United States: The Tea Party and the ResistancePolitical ViolenceCase Study: Mexico: The Zapatista RebellionCase Study: Nigeria: Boko Haram and TerrorismRevolutionCase Study: Revolution: China and IranConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 8: Authoritarian InstitutionsTrends in Authoritarian RuleThe Dictator''s Dilemma: Governing Authoritarian RegimesElections, Parties, and LegislaturesClientelism and Civil SocietyCase Study: China: From Communist to Modernizing Authoritarian RuleCase Study: Russia: Creating an Electoral Authoritarian RegimeCase Study: Iran: A Theocratic, Electoral Authoritarian RegimeConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 9: Regime ChangeTrends in Regime ChangeRegime Change: Transitions to DemocracyCase Study: Mexico: Transition from an Electoral Authoritarian RegimeCase Study: Nigeria: Neopatrimonial TransitionRegime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian RuleCase Study: Comparing Coups: Brazil and NigeriaPart III: Political Economy and PolicyChapter 10: Political Economy of WealthThe Market, Capitalism, and the StateKey Economic DebatesTypes of Capitalist EconomiesGlobalization: A New World Order, or Déjà Vu All Over Again?States and Markets around the WorldCase Study: The United States: The Free-Market ModelCase Study: United Kingdom: Radical Reform in a Liberal Market EconomyCase Study: Germany: Struggling to Reform a Coordinated Market EconomyCase Study: Japan: The Developmental State and Its CrisisConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 11: Political Economy of DevelopmentWhat Is "Development"?Development and GlobalizationThe Development DebateCase Studies in DevelopmentCase Study: Mexico: From Protectionism to NeoliberalismCase Study: China: An Emerging PowerhouseCase Study: India: Development and DemocracyCase Study: Iran: Struggling with the Blessings of OilCase Study: Nigeria: A Weak State, Oil, and CorruptionConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedFor Further StudyWeb ResourcesChapter 12: Public Policies When Markets Fail: Welfare, Health, and the Environment"Welfare": Social Policy in Comparative PerspectiveCase Study: Germany: Reforming The Christian Democratic Welfare StateCase Study: The United States: Reforming the Liberal Welfare StateCase Study: Brazil: Starting a Welfare State in a Developing EconomyHealth Care and Health PolicyCase Study: Germany: Pioneer of Modern Health PolicyCase Study: United Kingdom: Reforming the NHSCase Study: U.S. Health Policy: Trials and Tribulations of the Market ModelEnvironmental Problems and PolicyCase Study: The United States: Pioneer That Lost Its Way?Case Study: China: Searching for Sustainable DevelopmentConclusionKey ConceptsWorks CitedResources for Further StudyWeb ResourcesGlossaryIndex.