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More copies of this ISBN:Countries and Concepts : Politics, Geography, Culture (8TH 04 - Old Edition)by Michael Roskin
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:For undergraduate courses in Political Science, including Introduction to Comparative Politics and Introduction to European Politics, Introduction to Politics; and for courses in Cultural Diversity and International Studies.Eminently readable and written with candor and spirit, this 8th edition of Countries and Concepts continues the loose theoretical approach of the previous editions, simply observing that politics is composed of human conflicts or quarrels, forming patterns that can be studied. Analyzing four European nations and Japan at some length and four Third World nations more briefly, this text studies the history, institutions, geography, and political culture of each to provide valuable comparative information in the course of the semester.
Synopsis:Eminently readable and written with candor and spirit, this 9th edition of Countries and Concepts simply observes that politics is composed of human conflicts or quarrels, forming patterns that can be studied. Analyzing four European nations and Japan at some length and four developing nations more briefly, this text studies the history, institutions, and political culture of each. For political analysts or those in international business that need to grasp the political culture of the country(ies) they're dealing with. Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 THE CONCEPT OF COUNTRY The Modern State The Rise of Nationalism Looking for Quarrels The Impact of the Past The Key Institutions Political Culture Patterns of Interaction What People Quarrel About Key Terms Key Web Sites Further Reference
Part I Great Britain
CHAPTER 2 BRITAIN: THE IMPACT OF THE PAST Magna Carta The Rise of Parliament Henry VIII Parliament versus King Cromwell’s Commonwealth The “Glorious Revolution” The Rise of the Prime Minister The Democratization of Parliament The Rise of the Welfare State Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 3 BRITAIN: THE KEY INSTITUTIONS The Monarch The Cabinet The Prime Minister Commons How Commons Works Peerless Lords The Parties Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 4 BRITISH POLITICAL CULTURE “Public” Schools “Oxbridge” Class and Voting The Deferential British? British Civility Pragmatism Traditions and Symbols Legitimacy and Authority The Ulster Ulcer A Changing Political Culture Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 5 BRITAIN: PATTERNS OF INTERACTION National and Local Party Politics within the Parties Parties and Interest Groups The Parties Face Each Other The Cabinet and the Civil Servants The Civil Service and Interest Groups Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 6 WHAT BRITONS QUARREL ABOUT The “British Disease” The Thatcher Cure The Trouble with National Health Is Northern Ireland Settled? Britain’s Race Problem Britain and Europe Great Britain or Little England? Key Terms Further Reference
Part II France
CHAPTER 7 FRANCE: THE IMPACT OF THE PAST The Roman Influence The Rise of French Absolutism Louis XIV: The High Point of Absolutism Why the French Revolution? From Freedom to Tyranny The Bourbon Restoration The Third Republic Vichy: France Splits Again The Fourth Republic Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 8 FRANCE: THE KEY INSTITUTIONS A Semipresidential System Premier and Cabinet The National Assembly A Senate That Fights Back The French Multiparty System France’s Electoral System The Constitutional Council Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 9 FRENCH POLITICAL CULTURE Historical Roots of French Attitudes A Climate of Mistrust The Nasty Split School for Grinds The “Great Schools” The Fear of “Face to Face” Freedom or Authority? Social Class The Great Calming Down Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 10 FRANCE: PATTERNS OF INTERACTION The Emerging Party System The Demise of the French Communists The Fractured Right The Stalemate Cycle Referendum Madness Fragmented Labor Unions Business and the Bureaucracy The Eternal Bureaucracy Government by Bureaucracy Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 11 WHAT THE FRENCH QUARREL ABOUT Big Guys versus Little Guys The Privatization Question Unemployment: The Giant Problem France’s Racial Problem France’s Education Problems France and Europe Key Terms Further Reference
Part III Germany
CHAPTER 12 GERMANY: THE IMPACT OF THE PAST Who Are the Germans? The Fragmented Nation The Rise of Prussia German Nationalism The Second Reich The Catastrophe: World War I Republic without Democrats The Third Reich The Occupation Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 13 GERMANY: THE KEY INSTITUTIONS The President The Chancellor The Cabinet The Bundestag The Constitutional Court From “Two-Plus” to Multiparty System? The Bundesrat A Split Electoral System Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 14 GERMAN POLITICAL CULTURE The Moral Vacuum The Remembrance of Things Past The Generation Gap A Normal Germany? The Disorienting Unification The End of Shell Shock The German Political Elite The German Split Personality Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 15 GERMANY: PATTERNS OF INTERACTION Parties and the Electorate The Chancellor and the Electorate German Dealignment? The Bundestag and the Citizen The Union-Party Linkup The Länder and Berlin German Voting Patterns Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 16 WHAT GERMANS QUARREL ABOUT The End of the Miracle How to Merge Two Economies How Much Welfare? The Flood of Foreigners Is Berlin Weimar? Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 17 THE EUROPEAN UNION Impact of the Past A History of Wishful Thinking “Ever Closer Union” The Key Institutions Democratic Deficit The Political Culture of the EU Patterns of Interaction An Elite Thing Attack of the Polish Plumbers What Europeans Quarrel About Liberal Europe versus Social Europe Europe’s Budget Battles What Next? Key Terms Further Reference
Part IV Russia
CHAPTER 18 RUSSIA: THE IMPACT OF THE PAST The Slavic People Russian Autocracy Absolutism or Anarchy? Forced Modernization Westernizers and Slavophiles From Frustration to Revolution Marxism Comes to Russia Curtain Raiser: The 1905 Revolution World War I and Collapse The Revolution and Civil War War Communism and NEP Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 19 RUSSIA: THE KEY INSTITUTIONS The Stalin System A Centralized Federal System The New System A Party System under Construction Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 20 RUSSIAN POLITICAL CULTURE The Russian Difference The Mask of Legitimacy The Illusion of Ideology The Rediscovery of Civil Society Natural Egalitarians? Russian Racism A Culture of Insecurity Russia: Paranoid or Normal? Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 21 RUSSIA: PATTERNS OF INTERACTION Reformers versus Conservatives President versus Parliament The Taming of the Oligarchs The Mafia The Army Transition to What? Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 22 WHAT RUSSIANS QUARREL ABOUT Why the Soviet Union Collapsed How to Reform? From the Rubble of the Ruble Recover the Lost Republics? A Middle Way for Socialism? Which Way Russia? Key Terms Further Reference
Part V Japan
CHAPTER 23 JAPAN: THE IMPACT OF THE PAST Japanese Feudalism The European Jolt The Forced Entry The 1868 Meiji Restoration The Path to War The Great Pacific War Up from the Ashes Key Terms 350 Further Reference
CHAPTER 24 JAPAN: THE KEY INSTITUTIONS The Monarchy The Prime Minister The Diet The Parties Japan’s Electoral System The Ministries Japanese Territorial Organization Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 25 JAPANESE POLITICAL CULTURE The Cult of the Group Education for Grinds Death of a Sarariman Political Suicide The “New Human Race” Key Terms Further Reference CHAPTER 26 JAPAN: PATTERNS OF INTERACTION Bureaucrats in Command Corruption Scandals No One in Charge? No Losers Reform without Change Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 27 WHAT JAPANESE QUARREL ABOUT The Japanese Economic Miracle The Secret of Japan’s Success From Bubble to Burst Should Japanese Live Better? Should Japan Re-Arm? A New Japan? Key Terms Further Reference
Part VI China
CHAPTER 28 CHINA: THE IMPACT OF THE PAST The Bureaucratic Empire The Long Collapse From Empire to Republic The Communist Triumph Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 29 CHINA: THE KEY INSTITUTIONS The Importance of the Party The Soviet Parallel The Party The Army A Unitary System with Chinese Characteristics Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 30 CHINESE POLITICAL CULTURE Traditional Culture Nationalism Maoism Crouching Anger, Hidden Dissent Proud China Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 31 CHINA: PATTERNS OF INTERACTION Cycles of Upheaval Chinese Liberal and Conservative Politics Rule by Engineers Emerging Pluralism? Rice-Roots Democracy Coercion in Reserve Key Terms Further Reference
CHAPTER 32 WHAT CHINESE QUARREL ABOUT It Only Looks Capitalist Yuan and Dollars A Market Economy for China? A Middle Way for the Middle Kingdom? Enraging the Dragon China and the World 4 Key Terms 4 Further Reference Part VII The Third World
CHAPTER 33 MEXICO The Impact of the Past New Spain Mexican Independence Between Monarchy and Republic The Mexican Revolution The Revolution Institutionalized The Key Institutions The Six-Year Presidency Mexico’s Legislature Mexico’s Dominant-Party System Mexican Federalism 497Mexican Political Culture Mexico’s Indian Heritage Imported Ideologies Patterns of Interaction Politics inside PRI Mexican Catholicism Crime and Politics What Mexicans Quarrel About Population and Jobs The NAFTA Question Drugs: A Mexican or U.S. Problem? Illegal or Undocumented? Modern Mexico? Key Terms Key Web Sites Further Reference CHAPTER 34 NIGERIA The Impact of the Past The Coming of the Europeans The Scramble for Africa The Colonial Interlude Independence The Key Institutions From British to U.S. Model The National Assembly Nigeria’s Parties Nigerian Political Culture Nigerian Fragmentation The Igbo and Biafra The Trouble with Nigeria Democrats without Democracy Patterns of Interaction Count the Coups What Nigerians Quarrel About The Corruption Factor Oil and Democracy Key Terms Key Web Sites Further Reference
CHAPTER 35 IRAN The Impact of the Past The Arab Conquest Western Penetration The First Pahlavi The Last Pahlavi The Key Institutions A Theocracy Iran’s Legislature Emerging Parties? An Unfree System Iranian Political Culture Islam as a Political Ideology Democracy and Authority Iranian Nationalism Patterns of Interaction Religion as a Political Tool Moderates and Islamists in Iran The Revolution Burns Out What Iranians Quarrel About Which Way for Iran’s Economy The Veiled Debate on Islam What Kind of Foreign Policy? Do Revolutions End Badly? Key Terms Key Web Sites Further Reference
CHAPTER 36 LESSONS OF NINE COUNTRIES
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