Comparative Politics Using MicroCase ExplorIt

This workbook includes a Windows version of MicroCase? ExplorIt, a user-friendly program that makes it easy for students to manipulate and learn from real data without getting bogged down in complicated statistical software. Over two dozen research-quality data files are included in this package, along with fourteen exercise worksheets (one per chapter) that let students see the impact of the concepts they study. This unique workbook/software allows students to "do" comparative politics, not just read about it.

Acknowledgments

vii

Preface

ix

Getting Started

xi

PART I Doing Comparative Politics with Explor It

5

(56)

The Nation-State

7

(22)

People, Populations, and State Capacity

29

(16)

Organizing Political Systems: First, Second, and Third Worlds?

45

(16)

PART II Politics and Government in Liberal Democracies

61

(64)

Political Culture in Liberal Democracies

63

(22)

Political Participation: Making Democracy Work

85

(14)

Electoral Systems and Political Parties in Liberal Democracies

99

(26)

PART III Communist and Postcommunist Societies

125

(34)

After Communism

127

(18)

Russia, Poland, and Democratic Transition

145

(14)

PART IV Newly Industrializing Countries

159

(44)

Newly Industrializing Countries

163

(16)

Political Culture in South Korea and India

179

(24)

PART V Less Developed Countries and Marginal States

203

(42)

War, Politics, and Poverty in LDCs and Marginal States

205

(22)

Social Capital in Nigeria and Ghana

227

(18)

PART VI The Islamic World

245

Features of the Islamic World

247

(18)

Islam and Politics in Pakistan and Turkey

265

Appendix: Variable Names and Sources

1

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