Comparative Democratic Politics: A Guide to Contemporary Theory and Research

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Hans Keman
SAGE, 2002年5月24日 - 326页
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.

A key aim to the book is to introduce and understand representative democracy as a political process and contemporary system of governance in need of constant attention and scrutiny.

Four important themes include:

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 afford new and important insights to the contemporary study of representative democracy. It will be essential reading for all students and academics of political science and public policy seeking a deeper understanding of both the world's so called established and emerging democracies.

 

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Notes on the Editor and contributors
xv
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
1
The Development of the Study
16
Theories and Evidence
32
Theories and Evidence
33
5
43
8
52
37
53
10
127
12
134
Part Three DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL
141
Part Four THE POLITICAL PERFORMANCE OF DEMOCRACIES
213
Are There
233
Variables and sources
255
Democratic Institutions Governance and Political
257
Variables and sources
285

Part Two PARTIES AND GOVERNMENT IN DEMOCRACIES
63
Voters Elections and Ideology in European Democracies
99
9
113
Mass Electoral Behaviour in Western Europe
122
Bibliography
287
192
320
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作者简介 (2002)

Hans Keman is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam CONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS: Klaus Armingeon Institut fuer Politiekwissenschapft, Unitobler Uwe Becker Universiteit van Amsterdam Ian Budge University of Essex Francis Castles The Australian National University, Canberra Hans Daalder The Hague Svante Errson Umea Universitet Kees van Kersbergen Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen Jan-Erik Lane Universite de Geneve Peter Mair Universiteit van Leiden Paul Pennings Vrije Universiteit Manfred Schmidt

书目信息

名称Comparative Democratic Politics: A Guide to Contemporary Theory and Research
编者Hans Keman
版本插图版
出版商SAGE, 2002
ISBN0761954775, 9780761954774
页数326页
  
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