Alfred G. Cuzan (USA University of West Florida)

Laws of Politics

Their Operations in Democracies and Dictatorships

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship and empirical analysis of elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, the author argues for the existence of primary and secondary laws of politics.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 233mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9780367759513
• ISBN-10: 0367759519
• Artikelnr.: 62114788

Autorenporträt

Alfred G. Cuzán is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of West Florida, U.S.A., where he teaches primarily American and comparative politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Preliminaries 1. Introduction. Politology-The Science of Politics
2. An Analytical Beginning: From Anarchy to State Formation Part II. The
Making of Democracies and Dictatorships 3. Elements of Politics: The
Building Blocks of Regimes 4. The Compounds: Democracies and Dictatorships
Part III. A Data Set for the Study of Politics 5. A Political World:
Regimes, Countries, Regions 6. An Electoral System: Variables and
Parameters 7. Laws of Politics: Primary and Secondary Part IV. Primary Laws
of Politics 8. The First Law of Politics: The Law of Shrinking Support 9.
The Second Law of Politics: The Law of Alternation in Office 10. Other
Constants of Incumbent Vote 11. The Operation of Primary Laws in
Dictatorships Part V. Secondary Laws of Politics 12. The Laws of State
Expansion 13. State Spending in Democracies and Dictatorships Part VI.
Cuba: A Case Study 14. Cuba: A Historical Outline 15. Democracy in Cuba: A
Comparative Analysis 16. Dictatorship in Cuba: A Comparative Analysis 17. A
Constitutional Framework for a Free Cuba Part VII. Recapitulation and
Conclusion 18. Laws of Politics: Summary and Extension