Introduction to Comparative Politics

A complete introductory textbook on comparative politics: states and regimes, democracy and authoritarianism, constitutions, elections, parties and political economy. Written by a team of college faculty with cases from every region.

Dino Bozonelos, Julia Wendt, Victor Valley

A hands-on introduction to comparing political systems, with chapters on states, regimes, democratization, nationalism and political violence. Includes many figures, data tables and a guide to democracy indexes.

Holly Oberle