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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lewis, Paul G., 1945- Practice of comparative politics. London ; New York : Longman, 1978 (OCoLC)988113629 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul G Lewis; David C Potter; Francis G Castles |
ISBN: | 0582490332 9780582490338 |
OCLC Number: | 4135086 |
Description: | viii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Contents: | What is politics? I. / R.A. Dahl -- What is politics? II. / Max Weber -- The nature of comparative analysis / R.C. Macridis -- Comparative politics / G.A. Almond -- Comparative government / S.E. Finer -- Why does M. Rouget, a French worker, vote communist? / A. Przeworski and H. Teune -- Does the civil service expand regardless of the amount of work (if any) to be done? / C.N. Parkinson -- What is the best form of constitution? / Aristotle -- How does a democracy come into existence? / D.A. Rustow -- Do public policies vary in different types of democratic system? / B.C. Peters, J.C. Doughtie, and M.K. McCulloch -- Why do different governments make different decisions and pursue different policies? / A. King -- Why do revolutions occur? / J.C. Davies -- Why have the outcomes of the Russian and Chinese revolutions been different? / T. Skocpol -- Non-comparable data / R. Holt and J. Turner -- Biased data / R. Jenkins -- Inescapable subjective judgments / A. Hacker -- Faulty concepts / G. Sartori -- Is a science of comparative politics possible? / A.C. MacIntyre -- The explanation of politics : comparison, strategy, and theory / G. Roberts -- Comparative politics : methods or theories? / R. Looker -- Comparative history / L.M. Salamon -- The primacy of politics / G.D. Paige. |
Series Title: | Set books (Open University) |
Responsibility: | edited by Paul G. Lewis, David C. Potter, and Francis G. Castles. |
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