Political Science Comparative Politics
Comparing Political Regimes
A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third Edition
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2013
- Category
- Comparative Politics, General, Democracy
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442607002
- Publish Date
- Aug 2013
- List Price
- $61.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442607675
- Publish Date
- Sep 2013
- List Price
- $134.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442607026
- Publish Date
- Aug 2013
- List Price
- $44.95
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Description
Comparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world's political systems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocracies.
The third edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It now incorporates the two new countries that have appeared since the last edition—Kosovo and South Sudan—and covers the regime changes that have occurred in many countries, including the liberalization (but not yet actual democratization) of the Arab Spring. Extra material has also been added on demography and political economy, especially with regards to economic development, and on secession of regions.
About the author
Alan Siaroff received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University and is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. He has published widely in various scholarly journals in Europe and North America.