Readings In Comparative Politics: Political Challenges And Changing Agendas

"Readings in Comparative Politics "is divided into six sections--States and Regimes, Governing the Economy, the Democratic Challenge, Politics of Collective Identity, Political Institutions and Public Policies, and Political Challenges and Changing Agendas--that correspond to the four main themes found in Kesselman's "Introduction to Comparative Politics "survey text.

The selected readings are drawn from a variety of published, unpublished, and electronic sources. They tend to be general and theoretical in nature and were carefully selected to provide a good sample of the wide range of popular and scholarly views relevant to the major topics presented in introductory courses.

• The readings provide an extended opportunity to consider the four main themes used in the textbook: A World of States, Governing the Economy, the Democratic Challenge, and the Politics of Collective Identity.
• Excerpts are culled from a variety of sources including scholarly articles from journals and books, op-ed and newspaper articles, and statements by interest groups and NGOs in the U.S. and other countries, including published sources and material disseminated by the Internet.