Comparing apples and mangoes: the overpoliticized state in developing countries
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Main Author: Sangmpam, S. N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany State University of New York Press 2007
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-316) and index
Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 335 p.)
ISBN:0791471136
1429498269
9780791471135
9781429498265

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