Essentials of Comparative Politics is the best-selling book for the course because it provides clear, concise and contemporary coverage of core concepts in flexible, affordable formats. The Seventh Edition goes even further to address course needs with new coverage of the methods used by comparativists to answer contemporary questions in the discipline. With the addition of InQuizitive, Norton's adaptive learning tool, students have even more support in learning the core concepts of comparative politics and applying them to real-world examples.

Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics gets students out of the text and into the real world. Through its unique applied approach that introduces the concepts in the context of real situations, along with pedagogy that encourages students to practise exploring on their own the concepts in action in country case studies, students spend more time doing the work of comparative politics and less time reading about it. Now with InQuizitive, Norton's adaptive learning tool, students have even more opportunities to put their knowledge to use, better preparing them to think critically about current events in their own country and those around the world.

Essentials of Comparative Politics introduces students to the concepts that political scientists use to study and compare political systems and the particulars of specific political systems. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to include the most current and relevant examples and scholarship. The text is available with a corresponding casebook of 13 country studies and a corresponding reader; the three components can be used individually or in any combination.

Cases in Comparative Politics is the best-selling case book for the course because it uses a consistent framework to illustrate major concepts in comparative politics. Featuring coverage of the 13 most-taught countries, Cases combines foundational knowledge with the most ruthlessly up-to-date coverage to foster easier comparison across countries.

In this highly original book, Patrick O'Neil analyses the catalysts of the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe and offers explanations for these events. The exceptional case of Hungary is used to support theoretical concepts regarding the transition in Eastern Europe using new empirical evidence and institutional theory. The Hungarian transition from communism is distinct in that the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the initiator of its own transition but also acted as its own greatest enemy. This book provides a detailed analysis of the internal reform movement within the Hungarian Communist Party and its role in the incremental transition to democracy in the late 1980s. The author utilises party archives and primary interviews with important figures in the Communist Party to examine the effect of institutional relationships on the collapse of the authoritarian order. He also emphasises the role of reform circles in accelerating the disintegration of the Communist Party in Hungary. The book concludes that the way in which an autocratic order perpetuates itself affects the manner of its decline and the new system that takes its place. This authoritative book will be welcomed by academics and students interested in the politics of transition both in Hungary and Eastern Europe and the politics of the demise of communism in general.

Since the collapse of communism in 1989 Eastern Europe has experienced a fundamental transformation in its economic, political and social institutions. Observers of the region have often viewed the media as little more than instruments of propaganda in the hands of the party-state which can now be easily made into independent sources of communication. However, the function and effects of the media within communist and post-communist Eastern Europe have been more diverse than such generalizations would indicate.

Essentials of Comparative Politics with Cases integrates clear, concise, and contemporary coverage of major political concepts with the relevant case studies for the AP (R) curriculum: the United Kingdom, Russia, China, Iran, Mexico, and Nigeria. A new United States case study provides students with a helpful reference point for comparing and contrasting political institutions and processes across the globe. New AP (R) resources and InQuizitive, Norton's adaptive learning tool, support students and instructors with the core concept mastery needed for the AP (R) exam. AP (R) is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

Cases in Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition, is a set of thirteen country studies that describe politics in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, China, India, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Nigeria. This casebook applies the conceptual framework developed in the core textbook, Essentials of Comparative Politics, across countries with a consistent organization that facilitates comparison and aids understanding.

Based on O'Neil, Fields, and Share's market-leading textbook and casebook, Essentials of Comparative Politics with Cases integrates key concepts with the relevant six case studies for the AP (R) curriculum-United Kingdom, Russia, China, Iran, Mexico, and Nigeria-following the relevant chapters. Students get all of the material they need in a seamless narrative that makes seeing connections easy.