Countries and Concepts - Michael G. Roskin

Countries and Concepts

Politics, Geography, Culture
Buch | Softcover
592 Seiten
2003 | 8th edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-183014-1 (ISBN)
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Analyzing four European nations and Japan at some length and four Third World nations more briefly, this text studies the history, institutions, geography, and political culture of each to provide useful comparative information in the course of the semester. It is intended for undergraduate courses in Political Science.
For undergraduate courses in Political Science, including Introduction to Comparative Politics and Introduction to European Politics, Introduction to Politics; and for courses in Cultural Diversity and International Studies.

Eminently readable and written with candor and spirit, this 8th edition of Countries and Concepts continues the loose theoretical approach of the previous editions, simply observing that politics is composed of human conflicts or quarrels, forming patterns that can be studied. Analyzing four European nations and Japan at some length and four Third World nations more briefly, this text studies the history, institutions, geography, and political culture of each to provide valuable comparative information in the course of the semester.

 1. The Concept of Country.
I. GREAT BRITAIN.

 2. The Impact of the Past.
 3. Britain: The Key Institutions.
 4. British Political Culture.
 5. Britain: Patterns of Interaction.
 6. What Britons Quarrel About.
II. FRANCE.

 7. France: The Impact of the Past.
 8. France: The Key Institutions.
 9. French Political Culture.
10. France: Patterns of Interaction.
11. What the French Quarrel About.
III. GERMANY.

12. Germany: The Impact of the Past.
13. Germany: The Key Institutions.
14. German Political Culture.
15. Germany: Patterns of Interaction.
16. What Germans Quarrel About.
IV. RUSSIA.

17. Russia: The Impact of the Past.
18. Russia: The Key Institutions.
19. Russian Political Culture.
20. Russia: Patterns of Interaction.
21. What Russians Quarrel About.
V. JAPAN.

22. Japan: The Impact of the Past.
23. Japan: The Key Institutions.
24. Japanese Political Culture.
25. Japan: Patterns of Interaction.
26. What Japanese Quarrel About.
VI. THE THIRD WORLD.

27. China.
28. Brazil.
29. South Africa.
30. Iran.
31. Lessons of Nine Countries.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.8.2003
Sprache englisch
Maße 190 x 231 mm
Gewicht 881 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 0-13-183014-7 / 0131830147
ISBN-13 978-0-13-183014-1 / 9780131830141
Zustand Neuware
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