Comparative Politics : An Analysis

Contents: Preface. 1. Traditional Method of comparative Politics. 2. Federal Government. 3. Political System. 4. Typology of Party Systems. 5. American Party System. 6. Soviet Political System. 7. Presidential and Parliamentary Form. 8. Legislature and Judiciary. 9. Bureaucracy of Different Countries. 10. Theories of Political Elite. 11. Techniques and Methods of Groups. Index.

From the Preface: Comparative politics involves both a comparative study of the political structures and functions of national political systems of various states and also a comparative study of the political institutions at work within a single state. The former is called horizontal comparative studies and the latter is called vertical comparative studies. Traditionally, under comparative governments emphasis was placed only upon horizontal comparative studies. In contemporary comparative politics, however, equal importance is given to both types of comparisons.