TY - BOOK AU - Nagle,John D. TI - Introduction to comparative politics: challenges of conflict and change in a new era SN - 0830414754 AV - JF51. N34 1998 U1 - 320.3 PY - 1998///] CY - Chicago PB - Nelson-Hall KW - Comparative government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-440) and index; 1; Learning from Comparison-Today More Than Ever --; 2; From the Liberal Welfare State to a Post-Industrial Democracy --; 3; Affluent Consumerism-Now in Danger? --; 4; Social Equality-An Eroding Commitment --; 5; Historic Gains Need to Be Defended --; 6; Quality of Life-The Disillusionment of Modernity --; Essay: Thinking about Post-Cold War Politics in the Liberal Democracy --; 7; Communism-Theory, Rise, and Decline --; 8; Two Historic Transitions in Economic Development --; 9; Social Equality-From State Egalitarianism to the New Inequality --; 10; Post-Communist Gains in Personal Freedom --; 11; Security and Alienation in Communism and Post-Communism --; Essay: Managing Conflict and Change in Post-Communism --; 12; Beyond the Third World after the Cold War --; 13; Economic Growth Strategies for the Developing Nations --; 14; Inequality-Failures in Social Justice --; 15; Liberty-A Difficult History --; 16; Quality of Life-Dilemmas of Third World Modernization --; Essay: Finally Exiting the Third World? ER -