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Comparing political regimes : a thematic introduction to comparative politics / Alan Siaroff
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Edited by University of Toronto Press. Toronto - 2009
Development and political development. Electoral democracies, liberal democracies, and autocracies. The military in politics. Factors conducive to democracy. Institutional variations of democracies. Electoral systems and party systems in democracies. Overall centralization versus decentralization in democracies. Varieties of autocracies: totalitarianism, sultanism, and authoritarianism. Democratic transitions, consolidations, and breakdowns. Postscript: democracies and autocracies in the future.