Comparative Politics

Driven by a question-based approach, Comparative Politics shows students how to do real comparative analysis while introducing them to political institutions, identities, and interests.

This thematic survey uniquely balances the how-analytical knowledge-and the what-descriptive knowledge-to help students make their own political arguments and to thus be more critically informed and engaged political participants. When used on its own or with the accompanying country casebook, Comparative Politics asks-and answers-the same important questions that political scientists research and that are relevant to anyone interested in politics.

Teaching and Learning Experience

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• Explore Concepts and Current Events: A questions-based approach presents a highly engaging narrative about politics while ensuring that students learn key concepts and analyze current political issues.
• Improve Critical Thinking: "Hypothesis Testing" boxes engage students in comparative analysis and helps them make arguments about real-world country cases.
• Engage Students: A four-color design plus numerous photos and figures offer a current and lively reading experience.
• Emphasize Learning Outcomes: In MyPoliSciLab, study plans based on each chapter's questions and sub-questions give students follow-up reading, video, and multimedia activities for further practice.
• Instructor Support: An instructor's manual, test bank, and PowerPoint presentation provide more teaching resources. In MyPoliSciLab, ClassPrep collects class presentation resources in one convenient online destination.