Comparative Politics (eBook)

Mapping Institutions, Power, and Legitimacy

Eric A. Langenbacher (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
787 Seiten
Cq Press (Verlag)
978-1-5443-5879-6 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Introduction: Maps, Power, and Legitimacy
The Politics and Power of Mapping
Power, Politics, and Legitimacy
Political Science and its Subfields
The State and Its Functions
Defining the State
Max Weber on the Role of Ideas, and Legitimacy
Why Did the European State Dominate
Modern Political Development
States and Rationalization
The Demands of the State and Disenchantment of the World
Dynamics of Demands and Legitimacy
Visualizing Political Development
The Nation and Ideologies
Defining Nations
The Formation of Nations
New Concepts of the Nation
Modern Ideologies
Regime Types
Traditional Regimes and Contemporary Monarchies
Modern Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes
Other Almost-Totalitarian Regime Types
Democratic Regimes
Democracy and Civil Society
The Global Spread of Democratic Regimes
Definitions of Democracy and their Ambiguities
What Does "Rule by the People" Mean?
Polyarchy and Democratization
Transitions to Democracy
Civil Society
Cleavages and Political Parties
What is a Cleavage?
Defining Political Parties
The Evolution of Political Parties
Structuring Institutions I: Federal and Unitary States, Governing Functions, and Executive Choice
Unitary and Federal States
Definitions of Federalism
Forms of Governance and Executive Choice
Consequences, Advantages, and Disadvantages of Executive Choices
Structuring Institutions II: Legal Systems, Legislatures, and Electoral Systems
Laws and Justice
Legislatures
The Power of Legislature Then and Now
Electoral Systems: Competing Visions of Representation
Consequences of Institutional Choices: Party Systems and Types of Governments
Consequences of Electoral System Choices
Describing Party Systems
Parties, Party Systems, and Governments
Varieties of Non-democratic Governments
The Challenge and Promise of Political Development Today
Economic Modernization
Modernization Theory
Modern Development Revisited
Structuring Modern Political Systems
Assessing Overall Quality and Performance of Modern Political Systems
Demands and Legitimacy in the Twenty-first Century
Appendices: Comparative Analysis Through Case Studies and Data
Appendix A: Seat Allocation, Measures of Proportionality, and the Cases of Spain, Poland, and Turkey
Appendix B: The Effective Number of Parties and the Cases of the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, and New Zealand
Appendix C: The Power Index and the Cases of Sweden and Mexico
Appendix D: Volatility and the Case of Canada
Appendix E: Comparative Institutional Performance

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.1.2025
• Verlagsort: Washington DC
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: comparative politics • Eric Langenbacher • Foundations of Comparative Politics • Institutions, Power, and Legitimacy • International Politics
• ISBN-10: 1-5443-5879-2 / 1544358792
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-5879-6 / 9781544358796