TY - BOOK AU - Clark,William Roberts AU - Matt Golder AU - Sona N. Golder TI - Principles of comparative politics SN - 9781506389790 : U1 - 320.3 PY - 2018/// CY - English PB - CQ Press KW - Political science KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Democracy KW - Conparative government N2 - The new edition retains a focus on the enduring questions with which scholars grapple, the issues about which consensus has started to emerge, and the tools comparativists use to get at the complex problems in the field. Updates to this edition include a new intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer explanation of how to interpret regression results; a thoroughly-revised chapter on culture and democracy that includes a more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics; and a revised chapter on dictatorships that incorporates a principal-agent framework for understanding authoritarian institutions UR - https://opacb.bsru.ac.th/book/File115260.pdf ER -