Introduction to comparative government

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• MICHAEL CURTIS
• 1. Introduction = 1
• Why Study Comparative Politics and Government? = 1
• What Is Being Compared? = 4
• Classification of Systems = 5
• The Political Process = 19
• Interest Groups = 21
• Political Parties = 22
• Political Institutions = 23
• The Political Executive = 24
• Legislatures and Assemblies = 25
• Public Policy = 26
• For Students of Comparative Politics and Government : The Larger Questions on the Agenda of Humanity = 28
• PRAT ONE THE GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN / MICHAEL CURTIS
• 2. Political Development : History and Society = 35
• Political Development = 36
• Britain As a Model in Politics = 37
• The Importance of Consensus = 40
• The Unified System = 42
• A New Pluralistic System? = 43
• Political Problems = 45
• The Nature of British Society = 46
• The Socialization Process = 50
• A Changing Britain = 51
• 3. The Political Process = 55
• Voting = 55
• Is the Electoral System Working? = 58
• Elections = 59
• Political Parties = 65
• Party Organizations = 66
• The Parties in Parliament = 70
• Party Leadership = 70
• Power Within the Parties, = 71
• Party Beliefs = 73
• Interest Groups = 74
• 4. Political Institutions = 79
• The Executive = 79
• The Monarchy = 79
• The Government = 80
• The Cabinet = 80
• The Prime Minister = 84
• The Civil Service = 87
• The Legislature = 89
• Judges and Politics = 97
• 5. Public Policy : The Economy and Foreign Policy = 100
• The Mixed Economy = 100
• The Nationalized Industries = 101
• Incomes Policy = 105
• The Welfare State = 106
• Has Britain Found Its Role in Foreign policy? = 108
• PART TWO THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE / JEAN BLONDEL
• 6. Political Development : History and Society = 117
• Traditions and Contradictions in French Politics = 117
• The Historical Perspective of French Politics = 120
• The Background of the Social Order = 124
• The Church = 129
• The Administrative and Cultural Centralization of Modern France = 131
• 7. The Political Process : Interest Groups and Parties = 133
• Interest Groups = 134
• Groups and the Political System = 142
• The Party System = 143
• The Electoral System = 144
• 8. Political Institutions : President, Government, and Parliament in the Fifth Republic = 158
• The Presidency of the Republic = 159
• The Government = 163
• President, Prime Minister, and Government in the Fifth Republic =165
• The Legislature = 167
• The Constitutional Council and Executive-Legislative Relations = 174
• 9. The State and Public Policy : The Public Sector = 176
• The Organization of the State = 177
• The Civil Service and Its Characteristics = 178
• Local Government = 182
• Economic Intervention and Public Enterprise = 185
• Conclusion = 187
• PART THREE THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST GERMANY / DONALD P. KOMMERS
• 10. Political History and Socioeconomic Setting = 193
• Historical Background : Molding the German Nation = 194
• Toward a New Framework of Government = 197
• Society and Economy = 198
• Conclusion = 212
• 11. Political Forces = 214
• The Civic Culture = 214
• Political Parties = 217
• Interest Association = 226
• Electoral Politics = 230
• German Politics in Transition = 232
• 12. Policymaking : The Major Institutions = 237
• The Federal President = 237
• The Federal Government = 239
• The Bundestag = 241
• Federalism and Bureaucracy = 245
• The Legal System and the Judiciary = 249
• The Federal Constitutional Court = 251
• Conclusion = 255
• 13. Public Policy : Domestic and Foreign Affairs = 257
• Civil Liberties : An Ordering of Constitutional Values = 257
• Higher Education = 267
• Codetermination = 271
• Foreign Policy = 273
• PART FOUR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVIET UNION / JOHN S. RESHETAR, JR.
• 14. The Soviet Political Environment = 285
• The Imperial Legacy = 286
• The Geographic Setting = 287
• The Soviet Population : Nations and Social Classes = 288
• The Soviet Economy = 292
• Russian Political Values and Soviet Political Culture = 296
• Leninism-The Russian Version of Marxism = 301
• 15. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union : Nucleus of the Soviet Political System = 310
• Party Leadership = 312
• Party Functions = 314
• Party Membership = 315
• Central Party Bodies and the Apparatus = 317
• Intermediate Party Bodies = 322
• The Soviet Oligarchy = 323
• The Mass Auxiliary Organizations = 325
• Political Socialization = 326
• The Security Police = 331
• Conformity, Apathy, and Alienation = 332
• 16. The Soviet Governmental System = 336
• The Soviets = 336
• The Soviet Constitution = 337
• The U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet = 338
• The Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet = 341
• The U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers = 343
• The Soviet System of Ministries = 344
• Soviet Quasi-Federalism = 346
• Soviet Elections : Voting with No Choice = 348
• Republic and Local Soviets and Administration = 351
• The Soviet Bureaucracy = 353
• The Administration of Soviet Justice = 354
• Interests in Soviet Politics = 356
• 17. Soviet Public Policy and Foreign Affairs = 361
• The Soviet View of International Relations = 362
• Soviet Foreign Policy Objectives = 364
• The Bases of Soviet Power = 367
• Foreign Policy Methods and Media = 369
• Domestic Aspects of Soviet Foreign Policy = 376
• The Pursuit of Detente = 377
• The Price of Empire = 379
• The Soviet Order : Definition and Destination = 380
• PART FIVE THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA / JAMES D. SEYMOUR
• 18. The Chinese Political Environment = 387
• History = 388
• Society = 394
• Political Culture = 406
• 19. State and Party = 415
• The State = 415
• The Party = 422
• Leadership = 426
• 20. The Support System = 431
• Military and Security Organs = 431
• The Media = 434
• Workers' Organizations = 435
• 21. Public Policy and Foreign Affairs = 437
• Political Economy = 437
• Law, Rights, and Security = 447
• Foreign Affairs = 453
• New Directions? = 456
• PART SIX THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA / BERNARD E. BROWN
• 22. Political Development = 461
• Traditional Society in India = 463
• The Impact of British Rule = 465
• Toward Independence = 469
• 23. The Political Process = 474
• Interest Groups = 474
• Voting = 477
• Election Results and Party System = 477
• 24. Political Institutions and Policymaking = 486
• The Constitution of India = 486
• The President and Vice-President = 489
• The Parliament = 490
• The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers = 491
• The Supreme Court = 493
• The Bureaucracy = 493
• 25. Public Policy and Foreign Affairs = 495
• Modernization : A Balance Sheet = 495
• Modernization and Democracy = 498
• Foreign Affairs = 499
• Index = 503