Rustow, Dankwart A.(ed.) <br/><br/>
Comparative Political Dynamics : global research perspectives 

 - New York  Harper Collins  1991 
 - 495 p. 
<br/><br/> Written by leading scholars and comprised of original research, this text summarizes the field of comparative politics-past achievements, current perspectives, tasks ahead and illustrates new approaches through actual case studies. Concepts such as political development, modernization, corporatism, dependency, revolution, great reform, and democratization are discussed. In<br/>addition, the latest developments in comparative methodology, including case studies and statistics, are examined. World-wide and up-to-date,the text analyzes recent industrial policies in Western countries and Japan; economic changes in China; the forces  ehind Khomeini's revolution; and the prospects for democratization in Latin America, and for glasnost and perestroika in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060456733 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comparative Government
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.3 Com