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| To the Reader | vi | ||||
| Topic Guide | 4 | (2) | |||
| Selected World Wide Web Sites | 6 | (2) | |||
| UNIT 1 Pluralist Democracies: Country Studies | ... MORE|||||
| Overview | 8 | (74) | |||
| A. THE UNITED KINGDOM | |||||
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| B. GERMANY | |||||
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| C. FRANCE | |||||
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| D. ITALY | |||||
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| E. JAPAN | |||||
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| 78 | (4) | |||
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| UNIT 2 Pluralist Democracies: Factors in the Political Process | |||||
| Overview | 82 | (54) | |||
| A. PATTERNS OF DEMOCRATIC ATROPHY? A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE | |||||
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| B. POLITICAL IDEAS, MOVEMENTS, PARTIES | |||||
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| C. WOMEN AND POLITICS | |||||
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| D. THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT | |||||
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| UNIT 3 Europe---West, Center, and East: The Politics of Integration, Transformation, and Disintegration | |||||
| Overview | 136 | (38) | |||
| A. THE EUROPEAN UNION | |||||
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| B. A CHANGING EUROPE | |||||
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| C. POST-COMMUNIST CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE | |||||
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| D. RUSSIA AND THE OTHER POST-SOVIET REPUBLICS | |||||
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| 172 | (2) | |||
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| UNIT 4 Political Diversity in the Developing World | |||||
| Overview | 174 | (36) | |||
| A. POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT | |||||
| 179 | (2) | |||
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| B. LATIN AMERICA | |||||
| 181 | (5) | |||
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| 186 | (4) | |||
| C. AFRICA | |||||
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| D. CHINA | |||||
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| 194 | (3) | |||
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| E. INDIA | |||||
| 197 | (2) | |||
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| F. NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES | |||||
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| G. MUSLIM WORLD | |||||
| 205 | (5) | |||
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| UNIT 5 Compartive Politics: Some Major Trends, Issues, and Prospects | |||||
| Overview | 210 | (31) | |||
| A. THE DEMOCRATIC TREND: HOW STRONG, THROUGH, AND LASTING? | |||||
| 214 | (9) | |||
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| B. THE TURN TOWARD MARKETS: WHAT ROLE FOR THE STATE? | |||||
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| C. ETHNIC AND CULTURAL CONFLICT: THE POLITICAL ASSERTION OF GROUP IDENTITIES | |||||
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| Index | 241 | (3) | |||
| Article Review Form | 244 | (1) | |||
| Article Rating Form | 245 |