Comparative Democratic Politics (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Contemporary Theory and Research
Redaktion: Keman, Hans

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Democracy is the most widely used way of organizing politics in the contemporary world. Comparative Democratic Politics brings together a team of renowned international scholars to provide a comprehensive review of theory and research in this essential area of comparative study.

Four major themes covered are:

· the contribution of comparative politics as a distinct field within political science to our understanding of democracy, democratic politics and democratic theory

· what we can learn from a comparative analysis of the role, functioning and behaviour of the principal actors (electorate, parties and institutions) across nations

· the relationship between politics and public policy formation and processes of democratic decision-making and corresponding policy-making capacity

· how we measure contemporary democracy or democratic performance in both a procedural and material sense.

Comparative Democratic Politics will be essential reading for all students and academics of political science and public policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446224847
• Artikelnr.: 43419310

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: THE COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO DEMOCRACY
The Comparative Approach to Democracy - Hans Keman
The Development of the Study of Comparative Politics - Hans Daalder
Comparing Democracies - Hans Keman
Theories and Evidence
PART TWO: PARTIES AND GOVERNMENT IN DEMOCRACIES
Comparative Government and Democracy - Ian Budge et al
Voters, Elections and Ideology in European Democracies - Paul Pennings
In the Aggregate - Peter Mair
Mass Electoral Behaviour in Western Europe, 1950-2000
PART THREE: DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTION
Interest Intermediation - Klaus Armingeon
The Cases of Consociational Democracy and Corporatism
The Impact of Political Parties, Constitutional Structures and Veto Players
on Public Policy - Manfred G Schmidt
Comparative Politics and the Welfare State - Kees van Kersbergen and Uwe
Becker
PART FOUR: THE POLITICAL PERFORMANCE OF DEMOCRACIES
Policy Performance in the Democratic State - Francis G Castles
An Emergent Field of Study
Democratic Performance - Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson
Are There Institutional Effects?
Democratic Institutions, Governance and Political Performance - Hans Keman
with Malika A[um]it Mallouk