This stimulating and accessible introduction to comparative
politics offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of
political science. Its central theme is the enduring political
significance of the modern state despite severe challenges to its
sovereignty. There are three main sections to the book. The first
traces the origins and meaning of the state and proceeds to explore
its relationship to the practice of politics. The second examines
how states are governed and compares patterns of governance found
in the two major regime types in the world today, democracy and
authoritarianism. The last section discusses several contemporary
challenges - globalization, ethnic nationalism, terrorism and
organized crime - to state sovereignty. Designed to appeal to
students and professors alike, this lively text engages readers as
it traces states' struggles against the mutually reinforcing
pressures of global economic and political interdependence,
fragmented identities and secessionism, transnational criminal
networks, and terrorism.
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