The reader that accompanies the O'Neil textbook; it includes both "classics" (Tocqueville, Marx, Weber) and contemporary issues. Perhaps the best reader out there.

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Product Description

The Essentials of Comparative Politics family— including a core textbook, reader, and casebook of country studies—is the most comprehensive, flexible, and affordable package for introductory courses. For this Second Edition, each book has been revised to best complement the others and updated to reflect recent developments.

This collection of readings provides an introduction to the classic works and contemporary ideas in comparative politics—and shows how they fit together into a larger understanding of the field. From Weber’s conception of the state to Marx’s prescription for a Communist utopia, the text offers a foundation in the traditional literature on key political concepts. And just as important, readers will also find divergent, often opposing, recent perspectives on these topics.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113413 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 584 pages

About the Author
Patrick H. O’Neil is Associate Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University. Professor O’Neil’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of democratization, conflict and political violence, and the politics of risk and technology. His publications include the books Revolution From Within: The Hungarian Socialist Worker’s Party “Reform Circles” and the Collapse of Communism and Communicating Democracy: The Media and Political Transitions (editor).

Ronald Rogowski is the Dean of the International Institute and a professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Rational Legitimacy (1974) and Commerce and Coalitions (1989) and currently holds a National Science Foundation award for work on economic consequences of electoral systems. He has served as a Vice-President and as Program Co-Chair of the American Political Science Association and was elected in 1994 as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Customer Reviews

One of the more useful textboks I've purchased
This book is basically a collection of essays arguing various points and perspectives. The collection presents a good collection of mainstream PoliSci with multiple viewpoints well represented. As a textbook it was less boring then most and provided solid models for how to structure arguments and essays.