Understanding Comparative Politics

An Inclusive Approach

Lisa A. Baglione

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781544364100
• eBook ISBN: 9781544364124
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Comparative Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

"Baglione speaks cogently to our current generation of college students, who came of age amidst resurgent racism and an unprecedented pandemic."
—Audie Klotz, Syracuse University

It's time for a new approach to help students engage more fully with comparative politics.

By elevating all the components of identity as core elements of any political system, Lisa A. Baglione?s Understanding Comparative Politics helps students better appreciate the lived realities of people around the world. The book puts issues of race, gender, ethnicity, and religion in context, encouraging students to think critically about world regions and individual countries through the lens of current issues like social justice movements and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Throughout the book, Baglione empowers students to be active learners in this sometimes-daunting subject by engaging them in important questions, grounding them in foundational concepts like geography, and helping them make personal connections.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• 1 Getting Started: Inclusivity and Building a Foundation with Concepts and Data
• 2 Understanding Democracy: Definition, Institutions, Ideas, and Norms
• 3 Taking a Look at Europe
• 4 Politics in the UK: How Did British Politics Go from Staid to Unstable?
• 5 Overview of Communism: Revolution, Political Institutions, Political Economy, and Political Culture
• 6 Taking a Look at the Post-Soviet States
• 7 Politics in Russia: Why Is Authoritarianism So Seemingly Stable Despite Earlier Hopes for Democratic Change?
• 8 Taking a Look at East, Southeast, and South (ESES) Asia
• 9 Politics in China: How Can Such Economic Success Exist with Political Repression?
• 10 Overview of the Global South: Experiences with Globalization
• 11 Taking a Look at Latin America
• 12 Politics in Mexico: How Can Democratization Proceed with Such Inequality, Corruption, and Violence?
• 13 Taking a Look at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
• 14 Politics in Egypt: Why and How the “Arab Spring” Became the Egyptian Winter
• 15 Taking a Look at Sub-Saharan Africa
• 16 Politics in Nigeria: Why Can’t the Giant of Africa Awake?
• 17 Concluding Your Studies: What You’ve Learned from a Data-Intensive, Interactive, Concept-Focused, and Inclusive Approach to Comparative Politics
• Glossary
• Index