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Understanding Comparative Politics : a Framework for Analysis by Kamrava, Mehran , 1964- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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viii, 211 p. ; 24 cm, Comparative politics has undergone significant theoretical changes in recent decades. Particularly since the 1980s, a new generation of scholars have revamped and rejuvinated the study of the subject. Mehran Kamrava examines current and past approaches to the study of comparative politics and proposes a new framework for analysis. This is achieved through a comparative examination of state and social institutions, the interactions that occur between them, and the poltical cultures within which they operate. The book also offers a concise and detailed synthesis of existing comparative frameworks that, up to now at least, have encountered analytical shortcomings on their own, Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-207) and index, 1. Introduction -- Part I. Approaches to comparative analysis -- 2. Theories of comparative politics: a brief overview -- The state -- The political system -- Bringing the state back in -- Conclusion -- Part II. The comparative study of politics -- 3. A synthesis -- An alternative approach -- Conclusion -- 4. States and social institutions -- State institutions -- Social institutions -- Conclusion -- 5. A framework for analysis -
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kamrava, Mehran , 1964-
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415229401
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social_sciences