Comparative politics : an introduction

List of figures . . ix
List of tables . . x
Acknowledgments . . xii
Map . . xiv

Part One : Introduction . . 1
1. Why Poltics? Why Comparative? . . 3
2. Democracy and Its Rivals . . 31

Part Two: Environment and Development . . 67
3. The Global Environment . . 69
4. The Social Sources of Power . . 93
5. The Economic Sources of Power . . 124

Part Three: Demands, Support and Decissionmaking . . 149
6. How Demands are Presented . . 151
7. How Voters are Made to Choose . . 181
8. Inside yhe Black Box . . 216

Part Four: System Maintenance and Political Change . . 245
9. Maintaining the System . . 247
10. Force and Military Intervention . . 272
11. Violence and Political Change . . 297

Bibliography . . 321
Index . . 341