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1 online resource (ix, 335 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-316) and index. |
| Contents |
Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Developing countries -- Politics and government.
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Developing countries. |
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Politics and government. |
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Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Developed countries -- Economic conditions.
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Developed countries. |
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Developed countries -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sangmpam, S.N. Comparing apples and mangoes. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2007 0791471136 9780791471135 (DLC) 2006021970 (OCoLC)70676502 |
| ISBN |
9781429498265 (electronic book) |
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1429498269 (electronic book) |
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0791471136 (alkaline paper) |
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9780791471135 (alkaline paper) |
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9780791479995 |
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0791479994 |
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