Theoretical foundations of comparative politics

Table of Contents List of Images Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Nature and Scope of Comparative Politics Aristotleâ??s Contribution Polybius: Precursor to Modern Theories of Power Sharing Contributions of Rome European Enlightenment and Eurocentricism Significance of Hegel and Marx Weberâ??s Contribution French Enlightenment and Great Britain Triumph of Liberal Individualism Impact of the Industrial Revolution Distinctiveness of the American Contribution Comparative Government to Comparative Politics: Shift from Institutions to Processes The Behavioural Revolution Comparative Method: Advantages Conclusion 2. Approaches: Political System, Structural Functionalism and Political Sociology The Institutional Approach Limitations of the Institutional Approach Eastonâ??s Political System (1953) Criticism of the Concept of State Limitations of the Power Approach Authoritative Allocation of Values Faults of Historicism Idea of Political Equilibrium What Should Political Theory do Today? The New Revolution in Political Science Eastonâ??s Innovations in Systems Theory The Framework of Structural Functionalism Framework for Studying the Politics of Developing Countries Conclusion 3. Approaches: New Institutionalism Political Institutions: Search for a Theoretical Foundation Multiculturalism and Institution Building Dominant Schools in Political Institutionalism Theories of Institutions: The Classical Tradition Recent Trends Concluding Remarks 4. Approaches: Political Economy The Difference between the Old and the New Political Economy and International Economics and Politics Origins of Political Economy Political Economy and the Scottish Enlightenment The Marginalisation of Political Economy Revival of Political Economy The Nature of Political Economy Conclusion 5. Approaches: Political Culture and Political Socialisation Grand Theories of Culture Impact of the Grand Theories of Culture Notion of Civic Culture Criticisms of Civic Culture Subject-Participatory Culture and the Communist Variant of Political Culture Post-materialism Political Socialisation Conclusion 6. Debates on the State The State in the Modern Age Debate on the Advanced Cap Printed Pages: 306.