Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context

by Stephen Orvis, Carol Ann Drogus

"The graphics in the book are extremely reader-friendly. The language is clear and easy for students to follow. Instructor resources are quite helpful (and a key part of my decision-making). Overall, this is the best comparative politics text for undergrads that I have found. It covers all the important topics in the field and presents them in a way that is accessible to students."  —Laura N. Bell, West Texas A&M University

Organized thematically around important questions in comparative politics—who rules? what explains political behavior? where and why?—Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition, integrates a set of extended case studies of 11 countries that vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. Serving as touchstones, the cases are placed within the chapters where they make the most sense —not separated from the theory or in a separate volume—helping students make connections between the two earlier in the semester. The book’s hybrid organization gives students a more holistic view of comparative politics. A Complete Teaching & Learning Package LMS Cartridge (formally known as SAGE Coursepacks) Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. SAGE Edge FREE online resources for students that make learning easier. .  SAGE course Measure Results, Track Success Outlined in your text and mapped to chapter learning objectives, SAGE course outcomes are crafted with specific course outcomes in mind and vetted by advisors in the field. See how SAGE course outcomes tie in with this book’s chapter-level objectives.

Genres: Textbooks, Politics, Nonfiction

648 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 14, 2014

Reviews

[Duru]

lezgoooo baybeee (for the record, the content of this textbook interested me more than my last polisci textbook)

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

This textbook was used by my teacher for AP Comparative Government and Politics. This book was written for first-year college Comparative Politics, so it was stuffed with so much unnecessary information for the AP exam. The tests I had to take for each chapter were also hard. If I hadn't improved so much on the tests in the second semester, I probably wouldn't have ended with an A on the AP course.

[Jonathan Choi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best textbook choice for learning just the material for the AP course, but it obviously comes from the teachers' heart of wanting students to not just learn the material, but to become interested in political science and all of its intricacies, which I appreciate.

[Ty Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Explains concepts well. Unnecessarily long. Boring but good information and well structured. Useful examples but examples are often too long.

[Miranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

PLS 103: Issues in Comparative Politics