Mayer, Lawrence C. <br/><br/>
Comparative politics :  the quest for theory and explanation / 
Lawrence C. Mayer. 
 - Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. :  Sloan Pub.,  2007. 
 - xiii, 183 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Comparative politics as a field of study -- The contextual foundation of advanced industrial democracies -- The constitutionally designated format of modern democracies -- Political parties and party systems -- The third wave of democratization -- Political change and modernization -- Conclusions : an evolving field in a changing world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1597380024 9781597380027 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006927113 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comparative government.<br/>Democracy.<br/>Democratization.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Developing countries--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JF51  / .M3745 2007