Correlations

Countries and Concepts, 8th Edition AP* Edition ©2006

Michael G. Roskin

Correlated to Government & Politics: Comparative, 2006–2007

Countries and Concepts 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

Chapter 1: The Concept of Country, pp. 1–21

A. Purpose and methods of comparison and classification	pp. 10–12
1. Why/ways to organize government
2. Normative and empirical questions
B. Concepts (state, nation, regime, government)	pp. 1, 44
C. Process and policy (what is politics; purpose of government; what is political science/comparative; common policy challenges)	pp. 15–20

II. Sovereignty, Authority, and Power

Chapter 1: The Concept of Country, pp. 1–21
Chapter 2: Great Britain, pp. 24–37
Chapter 6: What Britons Quarrel About, pp. 84–99
Chapter 9: Russian Political Culture, pp. 138–152
Chapter 10: Russia: Patterns of Interaction, pp. 153–167
Chapter 11: What Russians Quarrel About, pp. 168–183
Chapter 12: China, pp. 188–222
Chapter 13: Mexico, pp. 223–258
Chapter 14: Nigeria, pp. 259–288
Chapter 15: Iran, pp. 289–323

A. Political culture, communication, and socialization	pp. 12–15
B. Nations and states	pp. 1–3
C. Supranational governance (e.g., European Union)	p. 18
D. Sources of power	pp. 11, 13
E. Constitutions (forms, purposes, application)	pp. 10–12
F. Regime type	pp. 154, 155
G. Types of economic systems	pp. 85–89, 168–175, 180, 213, 251, 281, 313
H. State building, legitimacy, and stability	pp. 5–7
I. Belief systems as sources of legitimacy	pp. 282–284
1. Religion
2. Ideology (liberalism, communism, socialism, conservatism, fascism)

III. Political Institutions

Chapter 1: The Concept of Country, pp. 1–21
Chapter 2: Great Britain, pp. 24–37
Chapter 3: Britain: The Key Institutions, pp. 38–55
Chapter 4: British Political Culture, pp. 56–70
Chapter 5: Britain: Patterns of Interaction, pp. 71–83
Chapter 6: What Britons Quarrel About, pp. 84–99
Chapter 8: Russia: The Key Institutions, pp. 121–137
Chapter 10: Russia: Patterns of Interaction, pp. 153–167
Chapter 12: China: pp. 188–222
Chapter 13: Mexico, pp. 223–258
Chapter 14: Nigeria, pp. 259–288
Chapter 15: Iran, pp. 289–323
Chapter 16: Lessons of Six Countries, pp. 324–328

A. Levels of government	pp. 94, 95, 124, 126–127, 133, 197, 240–241, 268, 270–271, 325
1. Supranational/national/regional/local
2. Unitary/federal
3. Centralization/decentralization
B. Executives (head of state, head of government, head of cabinets)	pp. 11, 27, 29–30, 32–34, 136, 197, 237–239, 269–271, 298–299, 325
1. Single or dual
2. President
3. Prime Minister
C. Legislatures	pp. 11, 27, 29–30, 32–34, 136, 197, 237–239, 269–271, 298–299, 325
1. Unicameral/bicameral (symmetric/asymmetric)
2. Organization
3. Membership (representation)
D. Parliamentary and presidential systems	pp. 40–47
1. Institutional relations
E. Elections	pp. 45, 131, 135, 238, 270, 271, 298
1. Presidential
2. Parliamentary
3. Referendums
4. Noncompetitive
F. Electoral Systems	pp. 12, 53
1. Proportional representation
2. Single member district (plurality, majority runoff)
G. Political parties (organization, membership, institutionalization ideological position)	pp. 33, 52–54, 74–77, 131, 135, 136, 199–201, 239–240, 271, 299–300, 326
H. Party systems	pp. 72, 122, 199, 239–240
I. Leadership and elite recruitment	pp. 57–59, 200, 236–
J. Interest groups and interest group systems	pp. 17, 77–78, 245–247
K. Bureaucracies	pp. 17, 80–82, 125, 189, 205, 325
L. Military and other coercive institutions	pp. 123, 163–165, 201
M. Judiciaries	pp. 28, 52
1. Degrees of autonomy
2. Judicial Review (including European Union in relation to states, citizens)
3. Types of law

IV. Citizens, Society, and the State

Chapter 1: The Concept of Country, pp. 1–21
Chapter 2: Great Britain, pp. 24–37
Chapter 3: Britain: The Key Institutions, pp. 38–55
Chapter 4: British Political Culture, pp. 56–70
Chapter 5: Britain: Patterns of Interaction, pp. 71–83
Chapter 6: What Britons Quarrel About, pp. 84–99
Chapter 7: Russia: The Impact of the Past, pp. 102–120
Chapter 8: Russia: The Key Institutions, pp. 121–137
Chapter 9: Russian Political Culture, pp. 138–152
Chapter 10: Russia: Patterns of Interaction, pp. 153–167
Chapter 11: What Russians Quarrel About, pp. 168–183
Chapter 12: China, pp. 188–222
Chapter 13: Mexico, pp. 223–258
Chapter 14: Nigeria, pp. 259–288
Chapter 15: Iran, pp. 289–323

A. Cleavages and politics (ethnic, racial, class, gender, religious, regional)	pp. 16, 60, 94, 174, 207, 268, 275
B. Civil society	pp. 34, 144–145
C. Media roles	pp. 162, 248
D. Political participation (forms/modes/trends) including political violence	pp. 32–33, 46, 59–60, 72–74, 131, 135, 136, 238, 239, 248
E. Social movements	pp. 35–36, 109, 244, 245, 296
F. Citizenship and social representation	pp. 35–36, 109, 244, 245, 296

V. Political and Economic Change

Chapter 1: The Concept of Country, pp. 1–21
Chapter 2: Great Britain, pp. 24–37
Chapter 6: What Britons Quarrel About, pp. 84–99
Chapter 7: Russia: The Impact of the Past, pp. 102–120
Chapter 9: Russian Political Culture, pp. 138–152
Chapter 11: What Russians Quarrel About, pp. 168–183
Chapter 12: China, pp. 188–222
Chapter 13: Mexico, pp. 223–258
Chapter 14: Nigeria, pp. 259–288
Chapter 15: Iran, pp. 289–323
Chapter 16: Lessons of Six Countries, pp. 324–328

A. Revolution, coups, and war	pp. 5, 31, 109–115, 195–196, 230–231, 278–279, 295–296, 312
B. Trends and types of political change (including democratization)	pp. 90–96, 171–176, 216–219, 251–255, 281–285, 313–320
1. Components
2. Promoting or inhibiting factors
3. Consequences
C. Trends and types of economic change (including privatization)	pp. 19, 84–89, 148, 168–169, 171–174, 213–220, 251–253, 313–319, 324, 327
1. Components
2. Promoting or inhibiting factors
3. Consequences
D. Relationships between political and economic change	pp. 19, 35, 145, 149, 162–163, 195–196, 215, 218–220, 247, 252, 253, 281–282, 295, 311–312, 313–315, 324, 327
E. Globalization and fragmentation: interlinked economies, global culture, reactions against globalization, regionalism	pp. 246, 253–254

VI. Public Policy

Chapter 1: The Concept of Country, pp. 1–21
Chapter 5: Britain: Patterns of Interaction, pp. 71–83
Chapter 6: What Britons Quarrel About, pp. 84–99
Chapter 9: Russian Political Culture, pp. 138–152
Chapter 11: What Russians Quarrel About, pp. 168–183
Chapter 12: China, pp. 188–222
Chapter 13: Mexico, pp. 223–258
Chapter 14: Nigeria, pp. 259–288
Chapter 15: Iran, pp. 289–323
Chapter 16: Lessons of Six Countries, pp. 324–328

A. Common policy issues	pp. 19, 84–89, 148, 168–169, 171–174, 178, 213–220, 251–253, 255–256, 281–282, 285, 313–319, 324, 327
1. Economic performance
2. Social welfare (e.g., education, health, poverty)
3. Civil liberties, rights, and freedoms
4. Environment
5. Population and migration
6. Economic development
B. Factors influencing public policymaking and implementation	pp. 17, 77–78, 85, 96, 173–174, 214–216, 220, 245–247, 253–254, 285
1. Domestic
2. International