Comparative Politics in Transition

John McCormick is Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He was educated at Rhodes University (South Africa), the University of London, and Indiana University, and has been a visiting professor at Exeter University and the University of Sussex in Britain, and at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. He has lived in, traveled to, or undertaken research in nearly 40 countries in North and Central America, Europe, Southeast Africa, and Southeast Asia.Before completing his Ph.D. in political science, he worked in the public sector for two environmental interest groups and was a consultant for a number of specialized agencies of the United Nations, including FAO and the UN Environment Program. His teaching and research interests lie in comparative politics and public policy, with particular interests in environmental policy, British politics, and the politics of the European Union.His other publications include EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), EUROPEANISM (Oxford University Press, 2010), and CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN (Palgrave Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2006).

• 1. Understanding Comparative Politics. 2. The Story of States.PART 1: LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES.3. United States.4. Britain.5. Japan.PART 2: COMMUNIST AND POSTCOMMUNIST STATES.6. Russia.7. China.PART 3: NEW DEMOCRACIES.8. Mexico.9. India.PART 4: LESS-DEVELOPED STATES.10. Nigeria.PART 5: ISLAMIC STATES.11. Iran.PART 6: MARGINAL STATES.12. Haiti.Conclusions.Glossary.Endnotes.Name Index.Subject Index.