Ebook: Principles of Comparative Politics

This new edition has been thoroughly updated to include an intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer explanation of how to interpret regression results. There is a revised chapter on culture and democracy that includes a more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics. Examples from the gender and politics literature have been incorporated into various chapters, and empirical examples and data on various types of institutions have been updated.