Extensively revised and updated, this classic text revisits the
central problem of searching for mainstream and alternative
paradigms to guide us in comparative political inquiry. Building
upon the first edition's comprehensive and systematic overview of
frameworks, ideologies, and theories, the second edition highlights
new directions and developments over the past decade, including the
continuation of an ideological political science; methodological
innovations such as rational-choice, historical, and postbehavioral
approaches; new emphases on and links between political culture and
participation; the recasting of modernization theory and the
revitalization of class analysis; and a thoroughgoing
post-Keynesian political economy point of view.The second edition
continues the tradition of the first in updating what one reviewer
commended as "outstanding... excellent annotated bibliographies at
the end of each chapter and the thorough survey of the general
literature of comparative politics at the end of the book." In
addition, the new edition includes an appendix of definitions that
facilitate clarity and understanding of political science
terminology, important for students at every level from the
introductory on up.In a post-Cold War world in which challenges to
comparative inquiry abound--ethnic conflict, authoritarian
repression, state building and disintegration, new
industrialization and postindustrialization, security systems
redefined--the search for new paradigms that "Theories of
Comparative Politics" represents gains in importance daily.
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