An exceptionally clear, jargon-free writing style and an emphasis on political institutions and behavior—rather than on abstract conceptual frameworks—make this volume consistently more accessible to readers than most others on comparative politics. It features both a cross-national approach—permitting readers to develop a truly comparative understanding of the types of institutions (e.g. constitutions, executives, legislatures, political parties, etc.)—as well as a country-by-country approach that examines those institutions within the context of eight different countries—enabling readers to see how all the “pieces” fit together. The volume analyzes comparative political analysis, constitutions and ideologies, political development and political economics, legislatures and legislative structures, the executive, judiciary and the legal order, interest groups, political parties and the individual and the political environments of The British, French, German, Japanese, Canadian, Mexican, Nigerian, and Russian political systems. For those interested in a comprehensive look at comparative politics. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.