Principles of Comparative Politics 4th Edition By William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, Sona Golder

authoritarian power-sharing and authoritarian control bottom-up popular revolutions and top-down strategic liberalization modeled through game theory contractarian vs. predatory views of state development Democracy and Dictatorship: Conceptualization and Measurement Democratic Transitions – Pathways to democracy Duverger's law and how social cleavages interact with electoral laws Elections and Electoral Systems – Majoritarian proportional and mixed voting systems Foundations of Comparative Research framework for interpreting statistical regression results historical evolution of taxation and coercion how institutional veto players influence public policy Institutional Design and Governance Institutional Veto Players – Federalism bicameralism constitutional structures ISBN-13: 978-1071852538 ISBN-13: 978-1071910719 ISBN-13: 978-1544369563 ISBN-13: 978-1544369587 ISBN-13: 978-1544369594 Parliamentary Presidential and Semi-Presidential Democracies Parties Party Systems and Party Competition Origin of political parties Problems with Group Decision Making – Social choice Substantive vs. minimalist views of democracy survival models and how asset mobility and natural resources impact regime survival The Cultural Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship the differences between comparative politics and international relations The Economic Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship – Classic Modernization Theory The Origins of the Modern State – State definition state failure The scope of comparative inquiry basic definitions Varieties of Dictatorship – Authoritarian institutional designs voting paradoxes and the fundamental democratic tradeoffs by Arrow's Theorem What is Politics? – Political power the Exit Voice and Loyalty (EVL) game-theoretic framework. Regimes and the State What is Science? – The scientific method falsifiability testing hypotheses