Almond Gabriel | Dalton Russell | Powell Bingham G | Strom Kaare: Komparativna politika danas (9.izd)

Gabriel Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Russell Dalton, Kaare Strom: Comparative Politics Today

Updated 9th edition, world overview

It is with particular pleasure that we present the ninth and significantly revised edition of Comparative Politics Today, which ranks among the most influential editions of international politics in the last three decades in the world.

As the world becomes more independent and readers are increasingly exposed to different cultures and societies, the appreciation of comparative policies. Comparative Politics Today is ideal for anyone who wants a broad and comprehensible thematic overview with rich and high-quality country studies written by expert scientists from various fields. Comparative politics today contains a system, process and political framework that the authors introduce as a method for describing and interpreting politics in different political systems.

The book is intended for students studying economic sciences, scientific workers who deal with economics and professional workers at different levels of hierarchical responsibility within the companies themselves as well as professional politicians.

Brief content:

I. INTRODUCTION
Controversial issues in comparative politics
Comparing political systems

II. SYSTEM, PROCESS AND POLITICS:
Political culture and political socialization
Articulation of interests
Aggregating interests and political parties
Government and policy making
Public policy

III. COUNTRY STUDIES
Politics in Britain
Politics in France
Politics in Germany
Politics in Japan
Politics in Russia
Politics in China
Politics in Mexico
Politics in Brazil
Politics in Iran
Politics in India
Politics in Nigeria
Politics in the United States

About the authors:

Gabriel A. Almond is considered one of the most influential political scientists. 20th century. A former chair of Stanford's political science department, Almond wrote or collaborated on 18 books and many articles, beginning in 1934 until shortly before his death. Almond became professor emeritus in 1976, but continues to write and teach. In 1981, Almond received the prestigious James Madison Award of the American Political Science Association, which is given to a political scientist who has "made a significant scientific contribution" during his career.

Mr. Bingham J. Powell, Jr. he received his doctorate at Stanford in 1968 in comparative politics and European politics. He is president of the American Political Science Association, 2011-2012, editor of American Political Science, 1991-1995. He teaches comparative politics at the University of Rochester.

Russell J. Dalton, Ph.D. and lecturer at the University of Michigan. Professor Dalton's research focuses on the changing nature of contemporary societies and how these changes change citizens and their governments. It studies public opinion, voting and party politics, public images of the government and its policies. He studied the changing political activities of citizens in established democracies and citizen orientations towards democracy in developing countries. He is also one of America's leading experts on German politics, particularly public opinion in the post-war period. Professor Dalton teaches courses on comparative politics, political culture, and political methodology.

Kaare Strøm is a professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. Strom's interests include political parties, coalition theory, European politics and the institutions of parliamentary democracy. Strom in 2004-05. was a member of the Center for the Advanced Study of Behavior at Stanford. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and is also a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Literature.