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Comparative Politics
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The goal of political science is to promote the comparison of different
political entities, and comparative politics is the study of politics within
states (Fabbrini, Molutsi, 2011).
comparative politics focuses on internal political structures(like parliaments
and executives), actors (voters, parties, interest groups), processes (policy-
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making, communication, political culture) and analyzing them empirically
by defining, describing, explaining and predicting their variety (similarities
and differences) across political systems – be they national political systems,
regional, municipal, or even supra-national political systems (Caramani,
2011: 2).
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It is focused first of all on each country’s internal politics, or how
governments are structured, i.e. what are governing institutions and how
their function; how governments interact with their population and what
decisions are made; how political leaders and population behave in politics
and how decisions are made; how and who makes or influences decisions
or policy orientations, leadership, and other attributes of political decisions
are vital components of comparative politics.
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Robert Dahl was thinking that the essence of comparative politics is a
study of power distribution in decision making situations.
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Definitions:
‘Comparative politics involves the systematic study and comparison of
the world’s political systems. It seeks to explain differences between as
well as similarities among countries. In contrast to journalistic reporting
on a single country, comparative politics is particularly interested in
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exploring patterns, processes, and regularities among political systems’
(Wiarda 2000, p. 7).
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Comparative politics involves no more and no less than a comparative
study of politics – a search for similarities and differences between and
among political phenomena, including political institutions (such as
legislatures, political parties, or political interest groups), political
behavior (such as voting, demonstrating, or reading political pamphlets),
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or political ideas (such as liberalism, conservatism, or Marxism).
Everything that politics studies, comparative politics studies; the latter just
undertakes the study with an explicit comparative methodology in mind’
(Mahler 2000, p. 3).
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‘Comparative politics involves both a subject of study – foreign countries
– and a method of study – comparison’ (Wilson 1996, p. 4).
Comparative politics involves no more and no less than a comparative
study of politics – a search for similarities and differences between and
among political phenomena, including political institutions (such as
legislatures, political parties, or political interest groups), political behavior
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(such as voting, demonstrating, or reading political pamphlets), or political
ideas (such as liberalism, conservatism, or Marxism). Everything that
politics studies, comparative politics studies; the latter just undertakes the
study with an explicit comparative methodology in mind’ (Mahler 2000, p.
3).
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