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Essentials of Comparative Politics

by Patrick H. O'Neil · 2003 · 337 pages

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This accessible introduction presents the core concepts that political scientists use to study and compare political systems, illustrating these concepts with concrete examples from specific political systems.

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Subject
politics
Themes
politics
Setting
college
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 337 pages

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