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ARGUING COMPARATIVE POLITICS
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| By: |
Alfred Stepan |
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Hardback |
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£125.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199242704 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199242702 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2001 |
| Pages: |
382 |
| Description: |
This volume brings together articles by the one of the leading scholars in comparative politics written over the last twenty-five years in the field of comparative politics and in particular, the topic of the nature of contemporary democracy and its prospects. The volume is divided into three sections each with a distinctive theme: state and society; constructing polities; and varieties of democracies. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume brings together articles by the one of the leading scholars in comparative politics written over the last thirty years in the field of comparative politics and in particular, the topic of the nature of contemporary democracy and its prospects. The volume begins with a personal analysis of the intellectual, and often political, reasons as to why and how Stepan chose to engage in certain critical arguments over the last thirty years. The volume is then divided into three sections each with a distinctive theme: state and society; constructing polities; and varieties of democracies. The introduction and articles ask whether, both for intellectual and political reasons, there are strong grounds for questioning both Rawls and Huntington on religion and democracy, Riker on federalism, and Gellner on multi nationalism. The volume contains articles on civil society, political society, economic society, and a usable state. The possibility of multiple and complementary political identities is argued for.The incentive systems and political practices of the three macro constitutional frameworks for democratic government - parliamentarianism, presidentialism, and semi-presidentialism - are compared and contrasted. |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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