TY - BOOK ID - 26256969 TI - Foundations of comparative politics AU - Newton, Kenneth AU - Deth, Jan W van PY - 2005 SN - 0521536200 9780521536202 0521829313 9780521829311 9780511806810 0511126263 9780511126260 0511124120 9780511124129 0511125402 9780511125409 0511806817 1107147751 0511199775 0511566514 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Political systems KW - Comparative government KW - Democracy KW - Representative government and representation KW - #SBIB:324H20 KW - #SBIB:32H3 KW - Parliamentary government KW - Political representation KW - Representation KW - Self-government KW - Constitutional history KW - Constitutional law KW - Political science KW - Elections KW - Republics KW - Suffrage KW - Equality KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) KW - Politieke wetenschappen: inleidende werken, handboeken, methoden KW - Comparative government. KW - Democracy. KW - Representative government and representation. KW - Institutions politiques comparées KW - Gouvernement représentatif KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:26256969 AB - This authoritative new introductory text covers the key concepts, theories and issues involved in the study of comparative politics. Focusing on democratic government, it covers all important topics in the field from constitutional design and institutions; through mass and elite politics, groups, parties, the media and governments; to policy making and implementation. The final chapter considers the future of the state and democracy in a globalising world. The authors draw on experiences and examples from around the world, and the book includes extensive supporting apparatus for students and teachers, including briefings, fact files, key terms, guides to further reading, and related websites. Each chapter ends with a section dealing with the major theoretical approaches to the subject. The aim is to give students a clear and comprehensive account of democratic politics and government at the start of the twenty first century. ER -