Principles of Comparative Politics

by William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, Sona Nadenichek Golder

The new edition retains its focus on the enduring questions with which scholars grapple, the issues about which consensus has started to emerge, and the tools comparativists use to get at the complex problems in the field. The book's outstanding pedagogy includes chapter opener overviews, bolded key terms and a marginal glossary, more than 250 tables and figures, numerous photos and maps, end of chapter problem sets, and new works cited and country-specific bibliographies.

Genres: Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction, Textbooks, History

928 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2008

Reviews

[Shane Hawk]

One of the better textbooks I have read. Covers just about every topic regarding comparative politics. The book fully explained numerous theories along with analytical frameworks and provided empirical data to push some more than others. Political bias was minimal. Students required to use this text: make use of it.

[oliver.lost.again]

Super long but everything explained in detail. Multiple aspects of politics looked through lenses of rational choice theory. Some topics better explained than others.

[وليد ماضي]

I want electronic copy

[Michael Gerald]

A great reference book on politics, specifically the comparative field. One of its strengths is its freshness: It was published in 2012.

[Maya]

i may have skipped a few chapters... but i bet if i didn't it would have prepped me well for the final👍🏼😟

[Emily Jenkins]

I had to read this entire thing for class, so I'm counting it

[Paul Furey]

Due to popular demand… I’m back. Once dropped this on my foot and it hurt loads.

[Carsen Codel]

Solid textbook, clear and learned a lot.

[Naomi Nemickas]

Ordinarily, I wouldn't mark this whole textbook as read, but I have actually read every single chapter so, in my book, it counts

[Emily]

I used this book for my comparative politics class. It's very informative but very dense and hard to read continuously.