Inside Countries

Subnational Research in Comparative Politics

Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, Richard Snyder

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781108496582
• eBook ISBN: 9781108755092
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Although comparative politics is conventionally seen as the study of politics across countries, the field has a longstanding and increasingly prominent tradition in national contexts; focusing on subnational units, institutions, actors and processes. This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the substantive, theoretical, and methodological contributions. With empirical chapters from across the contemporary Global South, including India, Mexico, and China, as well as Russia, the contributors show how subnational research provides useful insights about substantive themes in political science, from regimes and representation, to states and security, to social and economic development. In addition to methodological chapters with specific guidance about best practices for doing subnational research, this volume also proposes a set of strategies for subnational research, assesses their strengths and weaknesses, and offers illustrative empirical applications.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
• List of Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Issues of Method and Research Design
• Part II Regimes and Representation
• Part III States and Security
• Part IV Social and Economic Development
• Conclusion
• Index