Introduction to comparative politics : challenges of conflict and change in a new era /
John D. Nagle.
- Fifth edition.
- vii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-440) and index.
Learning from Comparison-Today More Than Ever -- From the Liberal Welfare State to a Post-Industrial Democracy -- Affluent Consumerism-Now in Danger? -- Social Equality-An Eroding Commitment -- Historic Gains Need to Be Defended -- Quality of Life-The Disillusionment of Modernity -- Essay: Thinking about Post-Cold War Politics in the Liberal Democracy -- Communism-Theory, Rise, and Decline -- Two Historic Transitions in Economic Development -- Social Equality-From State Egalitarianism to the New Inequality -- Post-Communist Gains in Personal Freedom -- Security and Alienation in Communism and Post-Communism -- Essay: Managing Conflict and Change in Post-Communism -- Beyond the Third World after the Cold War -- Economic Growth Strategies for the Developing Nations -- Inequality-Failures in Social Justice -- Liberty-A Difficult History -- Quality of Life-Dilemmas of Third World Modernization -- Essay: Finally Exiting the Third World?. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.