Comparative politics : structures and choices / Lowell Barrington. (Text)

Part I. Comparative Politics : Themes and Approaches -- 1. The Comparative Study of Politics -- Part II. Economic, Cultural, and Identity Structures -- 2. Economic Class, Development, Systems, and Globalization -- 3. Ideas as Structure : Political Culture and Ideology -- 4. Identity Structure -- Part III. Political Structures -- 5. Political Systems and Their Rules -- 6. Legislatures and Executives -- 7. Unelected Components of Government : Judiciaries, Bureaucracies, and Militaries -- Part IV. Elites, Masses, and Political Decision Making -- 8. Political Participation and Approaches to Linking Masses and Elites -- 9. Political Parties and Electoral Systems -- 10. Leadership and the Importance of Individuals in the Political Process -- Part V. Using Structures and Choices to Understand Political Outcomes -- 11. Regime Transitions -- 12. Comparative Public Policy -- Epilogue: Structured Choices and the Comparative Study of Politics.