Comparative Politics : Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order (Hardcover)

Today's small world Jeffrey Kopstein and Mark Lichbach; Part I. Introduction: Part II. Our Mantra: A. Global context; 1. Nations and states; 2. Globalizations and heterogeneities; 3. World historical time and conflicts among states; B. Domestic interests, identities, and institutions; 1. Interests; 2. Identities; 3. Institutions; C. Development paths to the modern world; D. Comparative politics feedback; E. International relations feedback; Part III. Why Study Comparative Politics?: A. An empirical perspective to explain; B. A normative perspective: to evaluate; C. Our approach to comparison; Part IV. Conclusion: 1. Early developers; A. Cases; 1. Britain Peter Rutland; 2. France Arista Cirtautas; B. Stop and compare; 2. Middle developers; A. Cases; 3. Germany Andrew Gould; 4. Japan Robert W. Bullock; B. Stop and compare; 1. Early developers and middle developers; 2. Middle developers: Germany and Japan; III. Late Developers; A. Cases; 5. Russia Stephen E. Hanson; 6. China Yu Shan Wu; B. Stop and compare; 1. Early developers, middle developers, and late developers; 2. Late developers: Russia and China; IV. Experimental Developers; A. Cases; 7. Mexico Anthony Gill; 8. India Rudra Sil; 9. Iran Valli Nasr; 10. South Africa Michael Bratton; B. Stop and compare; 1. Early developers, middle developers, late developers, and experimental developers; 2. Late developers: Mexico, India, Iran, and South Africa.