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"An extraordinarily ambitious book by an impressive roster of accomplished authors. They cover, in an authoritative way, a range of important topics in comparative politics. There is sufficient material here to please teachers of many different types of course."--Michael J. Laver, New YorkUniversity "The first edition of this groundbreaking text already incorporated the latest teaching aids, ancillary online material, and a wealth of factual and statistical data. Besides updating these, the second edition has been expanded to cover trade unions and networks of decision-making and to review the progress of globalization in light of the world financial crisis. A thoroughly up to date and comprehensive text, which teachers and analysts as well as students will benefit from reading."--Ian Budge, University of Essex "This second edition updates and expands the remarkable achievement of this user-friendly textbook. It strikes an unmatched balance between analytics and empirics, methods and theories, structures, institutions, and actors. Simply the best textbook on comparative politics."--Stefano Bartolini, European University Institute

Comparative Politics provides an exciting and authoritative introduction to one of the most important fields of political science. International experts explore the methods and theories of comparative politics as well as the institutions, actors, processes, and policies at the heart of political systems around the world. Alongside explanation of the most important themes, students are presented with a wealth of empirical data to demonstrate similarities and differences in practice, and to encourage research. By focusing on industrial and developing countries, together with political bodies and systems above and below the level of the nation state, Comparative Politics provides a fully comprehensive and up-to-date account of the discipline. The second edition of this successful textbook is also supported by an innovative Online Resource Centre with the following features for students and lecturers: Student Resources: Comparative data sets for over 200 countries - files can be used for empirical analysis, essay writing and lab exercises Web directory of data archives Country comparator Review questions and exercises Flashcard glossary Country profiles Instructor Resources: PowerPoint slides Test bank Figures and tables from the book