Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context - Softcover

“The presentation of core concepts is written in a clear, concise, and lively fashion that hooks the reader and doesn’t overload with technical detail, while setting out most of the ideas I try to cover in my course. In general, the Orvis and Drogus text covers a wide range of country cases that are well selected for examining the themes and issues under discussion and is written in an engaging style that holds the reader’s attention while covering concepts and explanations that are often quite sophisticated.”

“The hybrid approach is the primary reason I picked this book. Given my thematic approach, generic case studies that don’t directly relate to a particular comparison or theme aren’t very useful, so I appreciate the balance between thematic and case elements in the Orvis and Drogus text. My students have responded much more positively to this book than the previous offering. I think they find the writing level to be an attainable challenge.” 

“The content of the case studies is excellent. Students easily grow bored with lengthy chapters on specific cases, but the thematic approach to the cases in the Orvis and Drogus text is much more interesting to my students.”

Organized thematically around important questions in comparative politics—Who rules? What explains political behaviour? Where and why?—Introducing Comparative Politics integrates a set of extended case studies of 11 core countries into the narrative. Serving as touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense topically—not separated from theory or in a separate volume—and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. The book’s hybrid organization allows you to teach the way you want to teach and gives students a more accurate sense of comparative study.