'Bara and Pennington’s edited volume successfully fills a huge void in the market for introductory textbooks to comparative politics which previously offered either descriptions of political processes and systems or overviews of the methodology of comparative analysis. By applying major political science theories to overviews of the core elements of political systems, the authors both enhance our understanding of these elements and provide readers an excellent introduction to comparative explanation' - Dr David Howarth, University of Edinburgh
This book seems better suited for an intro to political science course than a junior level course on comparative politics. Assuming that the students taking the junior level comparative politics course are already exposed to such an intro level pol sci course in their first/second year, this book remains too simplistic both in its approach to the subject and the examples it employs. While Patrick H.
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