Comparative politics :  a theoretical framework 

 - 3 ed 
 - New York :  Longman,  2001 
 - 213 p. 
<br/><br/> Chapter one: Issues in comparative politics  What is politics?  Governments and the state of nature  Why governments?  When does government become the problem?  Political systems  States  building community  Fostering development  Securing democracy, human rights, and civil liberties  chapter two: Comparing political systems  Why we compare  How we compare  Systems? structure and function  Structures and functions  An illustrative comparison: Russia in 1985 and 1998  The policy level: performance, outcome, and evaluation  Part two: System, process, and policy  Chapter two: Political culture and political socialization  political culture  Mapping the three levels of political culture  Political socialization  Agents of political socialization  Trends in contemporary political cultures  Chapter four: Interest articulation  Citizen action  Interest groups  Access to the influential  Policy perspectives on interest aryiculation  Interest group development  Chapter five: Interest aggregation and political parties  Personal interest aggregation  Institutional interest aggregation  competitive party systems and interest aggregation  Authoritarian party systems  The military and interest aggregation  Trends in interest aggregation  Significance of interest aggregation  Chapter six: Government and policymaking  Constitutions and decisions rules  Democracy and authoritarism  Geographic distribution of government power  Separation of government powers  Limitations on government powers  Assemblies  political executives  The bureaucracy  elite recruitment  control of elites  Chapter seven: public policy  Government and what it does  Extraction  Distribution  Regulation  Community-building and symbolic policies  Outcomes: domestic welfare  Domestic security outcomes  International outputs and outcomes  Political goods and values  Strategies for producing political goods  Trade-off and opportunity costs 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Ciência Política<br/>Regime Político<br/>Governo<br/>Democracia<br/>Democratização<br/>Analise Comparativa<br/>Cultura Política<br/>Conflito de Interesses<br/>Partido Político<br/>Direito Constitucional<br/> Tomada de Decisão <br/>Formulação de Políticas<br/> Burocracia<br/>Política Publica