Publisher's Synopsis
The book presents a brief history of the development of modern comparative politics, and also elaborates with clarity and precision the logic, methods and strategies of comparative political and social inquiry, and draws critical attention to the varieties of concepts and approaches used in the study of comparative politics during the last half century. The book also includes substantive issues of politics, focusing on the major political institutions, their conceptual foundations, the formal structures and the process of their working, and their mutual interrelationships with reference to five modern political systems -- USA, UK, France, Russia and the People's Republic of China. With a reader-friendly style of writing, and with up-to-date data and information, the book would be of use not just for the students of the subject but to anyone with an interest in contemporary politics.
