Principles of Comparative Politics William Roberts Clark, University of Michigan Matt Golder, Florida State University Sona Nadenichek Golder, Florida State University

Advance Praise

“As a discipline, we are becoming increasingly ambitious in our desire to close the gap between political science as taught to undergraduates, and political science as practiced by researchers. Clark, Golder, and Golder have developed a valuable textbook toward that goal. This is a book that will help students develop the capacity to think systematically, rigorously, and critically, while simultaneously introducing them to the most compelling problems of comparative politics.”

--Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles

“I am incredibly impressed by this book. One of its great strengths is that the authors not only provide a valuable summary of current knowledge about comparative politics, but they also advance it through their own analysis. In doing so, the authors have provided an enormous public good to the rest of the discipline. In fact, even though the text is aimed at undergraduates, it makes for a wonderful review of the discipline for anyone.”

--Joshua Tucker, New York University

“Principles of Comparative Politics provides a clear and rigorous explanation of the scientific method as applied to comparative politics. The great strength of this book is that it differs from the standard approach of examining a series of important countries (usually Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States) one at a time. Instead, the authors provide a method of analysis that applies to the study of within-country relationships wherever they might occur. Their problem-oriented focus (democratization, identity politics, conflict, regime stability) serves to engage students and to help them understand political phenomena in a variety of different social, economic, and political contexts.”

--James A. Caporaso, University of Washington

“The authors have set the standard for a new generation of undergraduate political science texts. Drawing on contemporary approaches to the study of politics, Principles of Comparative Politics provides an accessible, yet theoretically and empirically rigorous, account of the study of comparative politics that firmly emphasizes the science in political science. Simply put, this text brings undergraduate education in comparative politics up to speed with the academic field.”

--Clifford J. Carrubba, Emory University