Test Bank for Principles of Comparative Politics 3rd Edition Clark

Test Bank for Principles of Comparative Politics 3rd Edition Clark

Test Bank for Principles of Comparative Politics, 3rd Edition, William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, Sona Nadenichek Golder, ISBN: 1506318134, ISBN: 9781506318134, ISBN: 1506318126, ISBN: 9781506318127

Table of Contents

PART I. WHAT IS COMPARATIVE POLITICS?
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WHAT IS SCIENCE?
3. WHAT IS POLITICS?

PART II. THE MODERN STATE: DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP?
4. THE ORIGINS OF THE MODERN STATE
5. DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT
6. THE ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP
7. THE CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP
8. DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS
9. DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

PART III. VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP
10. VARIETIES OF DICTATORSHIP
11. PROBLEMS WITH GROUP DECISION MAKING
12. PARLIAMENTARY, PRESIDENTIAL, AND SEMI-PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACIES
13. ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
14. SOCIAL CLEAVAGES AND PARTY SYSTEMS
15. INSTITUTIONAL VETO PLAYERS

PART IV. VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL OUTCOMES
16. CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS