Current Debates in Comparative Politics - Softcover

"I would highly recommend Current Debates in Comparative Politics to my colleagues. The authors did a good job of putting together interesting issues and readings. Since I like to organize my class by topic, this book will be highly effective in guiding my students."--Satoshi Machida, University of Nebraska at Kearney

"Yes, I would adopt this book! It is more attractive (better structured, with more accessible material) than the competition."--Pawel Lutomski, San Francisco State University

Designed for introductory courses, Current Debates in Comparative Politics presents fifty-one readings drawn from major magazines and newspapers including The Economist, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Addressing theoretical, methodological, and practical issues, the selections include scholarly readings that introduce students to key debates in the field along with more informal readings--including one from The Onion and another on Stephen Colbert's notion of "truthiness"--that help students to engage with the material and see how it relates to their daily lives.

An excellent stand-alone text, Current Debates in Comparative Politics is also a perfect companion to the editors' textbook, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases (OUP, 2012), as its selections are organized thematically into fifteen sections that correspond to the chapters in the text. Each section includes a short introductory essay and discussion questions that guide students in their reading.

To package Current Debates in Comparative Politics with Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases for use in your course, order using pkg. ISBN 978-0-19-939030-4.