The Essentials of Comparative Politics family — including a core textbook, reader, and casebook of country studies — is the most comprehensive, flexible, and affordable package for introductory courses. For this Second Edition, each book has been revised to best complement the others and updated to reflect recent developments.

This set of case studies uses the conceptual framework from Essentials of Comparative Politics, Second Edition, to support critical comparison of the government and politics of twelve countries.