Political system and change : a World politics reader / edited by Ikuo Kabashima and Lynn T. White III.

"The essays in this book appeared originally in the quarterly journal World politics"--Page v.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Political System and Change includes articles on the analytic categories political scientists have developed for understanding the Third World. Many essays in this anthology are concise summaries of later books that are now famous landmarks in the study of comparative politics. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

In English.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Systematic Definitions for Development Politics / White III, Lynn X. ; Kabashima, Ikuo -- An Approach to the Analysis of Political Systems / Easton, David -- A Developmental Approach to Political Systems / Almond, Gabriel A. -- Political Development, Political Systems, and Political Goods / Pennock, J. Roland -- Political Development and Political Decay / Huntington, Samuel P. -- Psychological Factors in Civil Violence / Gurr, Ted -- Toward Explaining Military Intervention in Latin American Politics / Putnam, Robert D. -- Modernization and Political Instability: A Theoretical Exploration / Ake, Claude -- A Dysrhythmic Process of Political Change / Whitaker, C.S. -- Toward a Framework for the Study of Political Change in the Iberic-Latin Tradition: The Corporative Model / Wiarda, Howard J. -- Supportive Participation with Economic Growth: The Case of Japan / Kabashima, Ikuo -- The Idea of Political Development: From Dignity to Efficiency / Eckstein, Harry -- Requiem or New Agenda for Third World Studies? / Smith, Tony -- Books Written Under the Auspices of Center Of International Studies Princeton University 1952-85 -- Backmatter.

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