Foundations of Comparative Politics - International Student Edition

William Roberts Clark is head of the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University and a fellow at the Institute for the Study of Religion at Baylor University. He is the author of Capitalism, Not Globalism, and his articles have appeared in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Political Analysis, and European Union Politics, among other journals. He has been teaching at a wide variety of public and private schools (William Paterson College, Rutgers University, Georgia Tech, Princeton, New York University, and the University of Michigan) for more than three decades. Matt Golder was previously assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. He is the author of articles which have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and Political Analysis among other journals. He has taught classes on comparative politics, advanced industrialized democracies, quantitative methods, and European politics at the University of Iowa, Florida State University, and the University of Essex. Sona Nadenichek Golder was previously assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. She is the author of The Logic of Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation, and has published articles in the British Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, and European Union Politics. She teaches courses on European politics, democracies and dictatorships, comparative institutions, game theory, and comparative politics at Florida State University and was a Mentor-in-Residence for the 2007 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Program at UCLA .

• Part I: What is Comparative Politics?Chapter 1: IntroductionPolitical IdeologyOverview of the BookChapter 2: What is Science?What Is Science?The Scientific MethodAn Introduction to LogicMyths About ScienceConclusionChapter 3: What is Politics?The Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (EVL) Theory of PoliticsWhat Happens in the EVL Theory?Insights From the EVL TheoryConclusionPart II: The Modern State: Democracy or Dictatorship?Chapter 4: The Origins of the Modern StateWhat Is the State?The Social Contract View of the StateThe Predatory View of the StateConclusionChapter 5: The Economic Determinants of Democracy and DictatorshipEarly Democracy vs Modern DemocracyA Brief Overview of Modernization TheoryIncome and DemocracyModernization Theory and Democracy: A Closer LookThe Conditionality of Modernization TheoryInequality and DemocracyConclusionChapter 6: The Cultural Determinants of Democracy and DictatorshipDoes Democracy Require a Civic Culture?Are Some Religions Incompatible With Democracy?Theorizing About CultureConclusionChapter 7: Democratic TransitionsBottom-Up Transitions to DemocracyTop-Down Transitions to DemocracyConclusionPart III: Varieties of Democracy and DictatorshipChapter 8: Varieties of DictatorshipA Common Typology of Authoritarian RegimesThe Two Fundamental Problems of Authoritarian RuleSelectorate TheoryConclusionChapter 9: Problems with Group Decision MakingProblems With Group Decision MakingArrow’s TheoremConclusionChapter 10: Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential DemocraciesClassifying DemocraciesGovernments in Parliamentary DemocraciesGovernments in Presidential DemocraciesGovernments in Semi-Presidential DemocraciesConclusionChapter 11: Elections and Electoral SystemsElections and Electoral IntegrityElectoral SystemsLegislative Electoral System ChoiceConclusionChapter 12: Social Cleavages and Party SystemsParty SystemsWhere Do Parties Come From?Types of Political Parties and Social CleavagesNumber of Parties: Duverger’s TheoryParty CompetitionConclusionChapter 13: Institutional Veto PlayersFederalismBicameralismConstitutionalismVeto PlayersConclusionPart IV: Varieties of Democracy and Political OutcomesChapter 14: Consequences of Democratic InstitutionsMajoritarian or Consensus Democracy?The Effect of Political Institutions on Fiscal PolicyElectoral Laws, Federalism, and Ethnic ConflictPresidentialism and Democratic SurvivalConclusion