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Comparative Politics Today: A World View, 9th Edition AP* Edition ©2008

Gabriel A. Almond, Russell J. Dalton, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., Kaare Strom

Correlated to Course Outline for AP* Comparative Government and Politics

Comparative Politics Today AP* Edition covers all six countries that form the core of the revised Advanced Placement* Comparative Government and Politics course for 2006/2007.

I. Introduction to Comparative Politics	Chapters 1, 2
Purpose and methods of comparison and classification	pp. 10–12, 39–41
Why/ways to organize government	pp. 10–12, 23–25, 31–38
Normative and empirical questions	pp. 38–39, 39–41, 147–150
Concepts (state, nation, regime, government)	pp. 2–3, 8–10, 13–14
Process and policy (what is politics, purpose of government; what is political science/comparative common policy challenges)	pp. 1–3, 3–8, 13–26, 28, 127–150

II. Sovereignty, Authority, and Power	Chapters 1, 3, 6
Political culture, communication, and socialization	pp. 43–57, 173–179, 218–222, 270–273, 313–315, 368–376, 408–418, 458–461
Nations and states	pp. 8–14
Supranational governance (e.g., European Union)	pp. 8–10
Sources of power	pp. 8–10
Constitutions (forms, purposes, application)	pp. 23–25, 101–103, 164–165, 210–212, 259–260, 317–319, 354–355, 361–363, 420–421, 454–455
Regime type	pp. 45–47, 103–110, 204, 351
Types of economic systems	pp. 130, 136–138
State building, legitimacy, and stability	pp. 3–5, 44–45, 173–174
Belief systems as sources of legitimacy	pp. 1–3, 16–17, 44–51, 51–53, 205–206, 259–260, 356–358, 373–375
Religion	pp. 16–17, 53, 206, 351, 353–358, 373–375, 411, 418
Ideology (liberalism, communism, socialism, conservatism, fascism)	pp. 1–3, 47–48, 206–208, 259–260
Governance and accountability	pp. 109–110

III. Political Institutions	Chapters 4–6, Country studies
Levels of government	Chapter 6, Country studies
Supranational/national/regional/local	pp. 214–218
Unitary/federal	. 107, 156–159, 214–218, 319–320, 421–424, 455–456
Centralization/decentralization
Executives (head of state, head of government, head of cabinets)	pp. 109–110, 113–120, 165–170, 210–212, 263–265, 323–325, 358–360, 418–419, 423–425, 456–457
Single or dual	pp. 113–116
President	pp. 104–107, 210–212, 214, 263–265, 323–325, 358–360, 456–457, 479–480
Prime Minister	pp. 104–107, 165–168
Legislatures	pp. 110–113, 171–172, 212–214, 260–264, 320–322, 360–361, 457, 473–475
Unicameral/bicameral (symmetric/asymmetric)	pp. 110–111, 214
Organization	pp. 110–111, 261–262
Membership (representation)	pp. 111–113
Parliamentary and presidential systems	pp. 104–107, 214, 325–327, 423–425
Institutional relations	pp. 104–107, 113–120, 457
Elections	pp. 83–86, 92–94, 177, 186–189, 211, 231–236, 274–276, 301–304, 361, 364–368, 431–435, 464–465, 469–471
Presidential	pp. 233–235, 301–304, 332–333, 364–366, 464–465, 469–471
Parliamentary	pp. 186–189, 211, 231–235, 320–321, 367–368
Referendums	p. 463
Noncompetitive	pp. 92–94, 236, 274–276, 331–333, 361–62, 368
Electoral Systems	pp. 85–86, 211, 320–321, 464–465, 485–486
Proportional representation	pp. 85–86, 189, 211, 320–321
Single member district (plurality, majority runoff)	pp. 85, 188–189, 211, 320–321, 485–486
Political parties (organization, membership, institutionalization, ideological position)	pp. 79–90, 189–191, 230–237, 259–268, 330–338, 364, 429–435, 469–477
Party systems	pp. 81–94, 236–237
Leadership and elite recruitment	pp. 111–113, 116–118, 180–183, 223–225, 266–268, 327–328, 376–377, 418–420, 464
Interest groups and interest group systems	pp. 64–70, 74–76, 183–186, 225–230, 278–280, 329–330, 377–380, 426–428, 465–469
Bureaucracies	pp. 120–124, 170–171, 175, 182, 266–268, 382–385
Military and other coercive institutions	pp. 94–95, 243–244, 265–266, 418–419
Judiciaries
Degrees of autonomy	pp. 108, 242–244, 324, 344, 382, 425–426
Judicial Review (including European Union in relation to states, citizens)	pp. 107–109, 214, 243, 344, 457
Types of law	pp. 242–245, 268–270, 343–345, 357, 382, 485

IV. Citizens, Society, and the State	Chapters 1 & 3, Country studies
Cleavages and politics (ethnic, racial, class, gender, religious, regional)	pp. 13–17, 156–160, 215–216, 258–259, 305–307, 310, 353, 408–411, 432–433, 458, 472
Civil society and social capital	pp. 67–68, 222–223
Media roles	pp. 55, 71, 179, 244, 270, 315, 375, 416–417, 460–461
Political participation (forms/modes/trends) including political violence	pp. 60–74, 179–180, 222–223, 273–278, 315–317, 364–368, 380, 429, 461–464
Social movements	pp. 60–66, 74, 369
Citizenship and social representation	pp. 103, 111–113

V. Political and Economic Change	All chapters
Revolution, coups, and war	pp. 94–95, 106, 208–210, 255–258, 307–308, 310, 355–358, 418–421
Trends and types of political change (including democratization)	pp. 23–26, 30–31, 33–34, 35–38, 56–57, 74–76, 94–95, 95–97, 154–156, 160–163, 204–205, 208–210, 251–258, 268–270, 299–310, 355–358, 418–419, 444, 449–451
Components	pp. 58–59, 159–160, 208, 248, 367–368
Promoting or inhibiting factors	pp. 28, 58, 96, 153, 208, 367
Consequences	pp. 28–29, 58–59, 208, 248, 368–369
Trends and types of economic change (including privatization)	pp. 17–23, 57, 237–241, 252–253, 286–288, 310–313, 383–384, 402–407
Components	pp. 18–20, 57, 252–253
Promoting or inhibiting factors	p. 57
Consequences	pp. 18–23, 57, 252–253
Relationships between political and economic change	pp. 8, 30–31, 57, 237–241
Globalization and fragmentation: interlinked economies, global culture, reactions against globalization, regionalism	pp. 17, 25–26, 391
Approaches to development	pp. 17–23, 252–253, 328–340, 402–409

VI. Public Policy	Chapters 1 and 7, Country studies
Common policy issues	pp. 13–26, 38–39, 107–109, 147–149, 154–156, 203–205, 240–241, 252–253, 286–291, 304–305, 310–312, 338–345, 352–353, 383–390, 402–407, 435–442, 449–451, 480–484
Economic performance	pp. 17–23, 138–143, 194–195, 239, 286–288, 341–343, 403–409, 435
Social welfare (e.g., education, health, poverty)	pp. 128–132, 240, 341, 385–386, 437–438, 481–483
Civil liberties, rights, and freedoms	pp. 23–25, 137–138, 315, 362, 386–389, 441
Environment	pp. 22–23, 288–289, 483–484
Population and migration	pp. 13–15, 21–22, 289–291, 352–353, 458
Economic development	pp. 17–23, 338–340, 383–384, 403–407
Factors influencing public policymaking and implementation	pp. 127–150, 154–156, 198–199, 243–246, 280–286, 304–305, 384–385, 403–407, 442, 449–451, 480–484
Domestic	pp. 127–128, 138–145, 154–155, 243–245, 280–291, 403–407, 442, 444, 477–479
International	pp. 145–147, 155–156, 245–246, 291–292, 310–312, 389–390, 442–443, 449–450, 479–480