World MapPrefaceAbout the AuthorsPART I. A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPARATIVE POLITICSCHAPTER 1: Introduction Comparative Politics: What Is It? Why Study It? How to Study It? Three Key Questions in Comparative Politics 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 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, Nationalism, and Immigration Ethnicity Race Social Class 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 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 Trends in Authoritarian Rule The Dictator's Dilemma: Governing Authoritarian Regimes Elections, Parties, and Legislatures Clientelism and Civil Society Conclusion Key Concepts Works Cited Resources for Further Study Web ResourcesCHAPTER 9: Regime Change Trends in Regime Change Regime Change: Transitions to Democracy Regime Change: Transitions to Authoritarian Rule 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? 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 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.