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Book Title: A Casebook for Comparative Politics

Subtitle: An Open and Collaborative Educational Resource

Authors: Mark L. Johnson; Angela Pashayan; Matthew Schuster; John Tures; Daniel Pedreira; and Cheryl Van Den Handel

Book Description: A companion casebook for lower division/undergraduate courses in Comparative Government and Intro to Political Science. Each chapter covers an individual case study country, with emphasis on key concepts commonly covered in the intro-level Political Science curriculum.

License:
Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial

Contents

Book Information

Book Description

This book is intended to serve as a companion text for courses in Comparative Politics, Introduction to Political Science, and similar subjects.  The target audience is lower-division undergraduates.   Each chapter constitutes a single country (case), with material on seven (7) major topics: History, Identity, Culture and Civil Society, Participation, Formal Institutions, Political Economy, and Foreign Relations.

Authors

Mark L. Johnson; Angela Pashayan; Matthew Schuster; John Tures; Daniel Pedreira; and Cheryl Van Den Handel

License

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A Casebook for Comparative Politics Copyright © 2025 by Mark L. Johnson; Angela Pashayan; Matthew Schuster; John Tures; Daniel Pedreira; and Cheryl Van Den Handel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Comparative politics

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Title
A Casebook for Comparative Politics
Authors
Mark L. Johnson; Angela Pashayan; Matthew Schuster; John Tures; Daniel Pedreira; and Cheryl Van Den Handel
Editor
Mark L. Johnson
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

A Casebook for Comparative Politics Copyright © 2025 by Mark L. Johnson; Angela Pashayan; Matthew Schuster; John Tures; Daniel Pedreira; and Cheryl Van Den Handel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Each chapter is attributed to the specific author, and each author maintains their intellectual property rights under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license.  Chapters may be re-used on an individual basis, according to the terms of the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license, which reads: “This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.”

Primary Subject
Comparative politics
Additional Subject(s)
Regional / International studies, Globalization, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes, Political structures / systems: democracy, Political structures / systems: autocracy, totalitarianism and dictatorship, International relations, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations
Publication Date
January 1, 2025