Efnisyfirlit

• Title
• Copyright
• Detailed Contents
• A Guide to Comparing Nations
• A Brief Guide to Analyzing Visuals
• Preface
• Part One Introduction
  • Chapter1 Governance in the Era of Globalization
    • What Is Comparative Politics?
    • Challenges: Building Community
    • Fostering Economic Development
    • Fostering Democracy, Human Rights, and Civil Liberties
    • The Contribution of Globalization
    • What Governments Do
    • When Does Government Become the Problem?
    • Looking Forward
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 2 Comparative Political Systems
    • Why We Compare
    • How We Compare
    • How We Explain and Predict
    • Political Systems: Environment and Interdependence
    • Political Systems: Structures and Functions
    • An Illustrative Comparison: Regime Change in Russia
    • The Policy Level: Performance, Outcome, and Evaluation
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
• Part Two System, Process, and Policy
  • Chapter 3 Political Culture and Political Socialization
    • Mapping the Three Levels of Political Culture
    • Why Culture Matters
    • Political Socialization
    • Agents of Political Socialization
    • Trends Shaping Contemporary Political Cultures
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 4 Interest Articulation
    • Citizen Action
    • How Citizens Participate
    • Interest Groups
    • Civil Society
    • Interest Group Systems
    • Access to the Influential
    • Interest Group Development
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 5 Interest Aggregation: Political Party Systems
    • 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
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 6 The Art of Governance
    • Constitutions and Decision Rules
    • Democracy and Authoritarianism
    • Separation of Government Powers
    • Geographic Distribution of Government Power
    • Limitations on Government Power
    • Checking the Top Policymakers
    • Assemblies
    • Political Executives
    • The Bureaucracy
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 7 Public Policy
    • Government and What It Does
    • Public Policy Outputs
    • Domestic Policy Outcomes
    • International Outcomes
    • The Complexity of Policy Choice
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
• Part Three Country Studies
  • Chapter 8 Politics in Britain
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • The Legacy of History
    • The Environment of Politics: One Crown but Five Nations
    • The Structure of Government
    • Political Culture and Legitimacy
    • Political Socialization and Participation
    • Political Participation
    • Political Recruitment
    • Organizing Group Interests
    • Party System and Electoral Choice
    • Centralized Authority and Decentralized Delivery of Policies
    • Policy Performance
    • Policy Challenges in a World of Interdependence
    • Review Questions
    • Internet Resources
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 9 Politics in France
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • A Historical Perspective
    • Economy and Society
    • The Constitutional Tradition
    • Political Culture
    • Political Socialization
    • Recruitment and Style of Elites
    • Interest Groups
    • Political Parties
    • Patterns of Voting
    • Policy Processes
    • The State and Territorial Relations
    • Performance and Prospects
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 10 Politics in Germany
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • The Historical Legacy
    • Following Two Paths
    • Social Forces
    • The Institutions and Structure of Government
    • Remaking Political Cultures
    • Political Learning and Political Communication
    • Citizen Participation
    • Politics at the Elite Level
    • Interest Groups
    • Party Government
    • The Party System
    • The Policymaking Process
    • Policy Performance
    • Addressing the Policy Challenges
    • After the Revolution
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Sources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 11 Politics in Japan
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • Historical Origins of the Modern Japanese State
    • The Occupation
    • Social Conditions
    • Political Institutions
    • Political Culture and Issue Cleavages
    • Political Socialization
    • Political Participation and Voting Behavior
    • Electoral Systems and Electoral Competition
    • The Japanese Party System
    • Interest Groups
    • The Policymaking Process
    • Policy Performance
    • Concluding Thoughts about Japanese Politics
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 12 Politics in Russia
    • Ensuring Continuity of Leadership
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • Historical Legacies
    • The Contemporary Constitutional Order
    • Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period
    • Political Participation
    • Interest Articulation: Statism, Corporatism,and Pluralism
    • The Dominant Party Regime
    • Russia and the Resource Curse
    • Toward the Rule of Law?
    • Russia and the International Community
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 13 Politics in China
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • Historical Setting
    • Social Conditions
    • Structure of the Party-State
    • Political Socialization
    • Political Culture
    • Political Participation
    • Interest Articulation and Aggregation
    • Policymaking and Implementation
    • Policy Performance
    • Hong Kong
    • China and the World
    • China’s Political Future
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 14 Politics in Mexico
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • Historical Perspectives
    • Political Culture
    • Mass Political Socialization
    • Political Participation
    • Political Structure and Institutions
    • Recruiting the Political Elite
    • Interest Representation and Political Control
    • Political Parties
    • Government Performance
    • Mexico’s Political Future
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 15 Politics in Brazil
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • Historical Perspectives
    • Economy and Society
    • Institutions and Structures of Government
    • Political Culture
    • Political Recruitment and Political Participation
    • Interest Groups
    • Political Parties and Elections
    • The Policymaking Process
    • Policy Performance
    • International Relations
    • Prospects for the Future
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 16 Politics in Iran
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • Historical Legacy
    • Institutions of the Islamic Republic
    • Elections and Parties
    • Political Culture
    • Political Socialization
    • Recruiting the Political Elite
    • Interest Articulation and Aggregation
    • Policy Formulation
    • Policy Outcomes
    • Conclusion
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 17 Politics in India
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • History in the Making of Contemporary Politics
    • The “Givens” of Indian Society
    • Political Institutions and the Policy Process
    • The Federal Structure
    • The Articulation of Interests
    • The Party System
    • Political Culture
    • Elections and Participation
    • Political Recruitment
    • Policy Outputs: Economics, Welfare, and Poverty
    • Conclusion: Conflation of Democracy and Development
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 18 Politics in Nigeria
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • The Effects of History
    • Environmental Potential and Limitations
    • Political Culture and Subcultures
    • Political Socialization
    • Political Recruitment
    • Political Structure
    • Interest Articulation
    • Political Participation
    • Parties and Elections
    • Policy Formation and Implementation
    • Nigeria in Africa and in the World
    • Prospects for Development
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
  • Chapter 19 Politics in the United States
    • Current Policy Challenges
    • History
    • Social Conditions
    • The Constitutional System
    • Political Culture and Socialization
    • Political Participation and Recruitment
    • Recruitment of Leaders
    • Interest Articulation: PACs and Pressure Groups
    • The Special Characteristics of American Political Parties
    • The Policymaking Process in America
    • Policy Performance
    • American Exceptionalism: Myth or Reality?
    • Conclusion
    • Review Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Suggested Readings
    • Internet Resources
    • Endnotes
• Credits
• Index

UM RAFBÆKUR Á HEIMKAUP.IS

Bókahillan þín er þitt svæði og þar eru bækurnar þínar geymdar. Þú kemst í bókahilluna þína hvar og hvenær sem er í tölvu eða snjalltæki. Einfalt og þægilegt!

Rafbók til eignar
Rafbók til eignar þarf að hlaða niður á þau tæki sem þú vilt nota innan eins árs frá því bókin er keypt.

Þú kemst í bækurnar hvar sem er
Þú getur nálgast allar raf(skóla)bækurnar þínar á einu augabragði, hvar og hvenær sem er í bókahillunni þinni. Engin taska, enginn kyndill og ekkert vesen (hvað þá yfirvigt).

Auðvelt að fletta og leita
Þú getur flakkað milli síðna og kafla eins og þér hentar best og farið beint í ákveðna kafla úr efnisyfirlitinu. Í leitinni finnur þú orð, kafla eða síður í einum smelli.

Glósur og yfirstrikanir
Þú getur auðkennt textabrot með mismunandi litum og skrifað glósur að vild í rafbókina. Þú getur jafnvel séð glósur og yfirstrikanir hjá bekkjarsystkinum og kennara ef þeir leyfa það. Allt á einum stað.

Hvað viltu sjá? / Þú ræður hvernig síðan lítur út
Þú lagar síðuna að þínum þörfum. Stækkaðu eða minnkaðu myndir og texta með multi-level zoom til að sjá síðuna eins og þér hentar best í þínu námi.



Fleiri góðir kostir
- Þú getur prentað síður úr bókinni (innan þeirra marka sem útgefandinn setur)
- Möguleiki á tengingu við annað stafrænt og gagnvirkt efni, svo sem myndbönd eða spurningar úr efninu
- Auðvelt að afrita og líma efni/texta fyrir t.d. heimaverkefni eða ritgerðir
- Styður tækni sem hjálpar nemendum með sjón- eða heyrnarskerðingu