V Y TAU TAS M AGNUS U NIV ER SIT Y
FACULT Y OF POLITICA L SCIENCE A ND DIPLOM ACY
DEPA RTM ENT OF POLITICA L SCIENCE
Algis Krupavičius • Vytautas Isoda • Tomas Vaišnoras
Introduction to
Comparative Politics
DIDACTICAL GUIDELINES
Kaunas, 2013
,Reviewed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jūratė Imbrasaitė
Approved by the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Political
Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University on 12 December 2012
(Protocol No. 7a)
Recommended for printing by the Council of the Faculty of of Political Science
and Diplomacy of Vytautas Magnus University on 7 January 2013 (Protocol
No. 54)
Edited by UAB “Lingvobalt”
Publication of the didactical guidelines is supported by the European Social Fund
(ESF) and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Project title: “Renewal
and Internationalization of Bachelor Degree Programmes in History, Ethnology,
Philosophy and Political Science” (project No.: VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K-02-048)
© Algis Krupavičius, 2013
© Vytautas Isoda, 2013
© Tomas Vaišnoras, 2013
ISBN 978-9955-21-371-0 © Vytautas Magnus University, 2013
,Table of Contents
Foreword ..................................................................................... 5
An Introduction: What is Comparative Politics? ........................ 6
1. The State ................................................................................ 18
2. Political Regimes ................................................................... 32
3. Legislature ............................................................................. 56
4. The Executive ........................................................................ 70
5. Political Participation and Elections...................................... 91
6. Political Parties and Party Systems ..................................... 115
7. Public Policy ........................................................................ 136
,
FACULT Y OF POLITICA L SCIENCE A ND DIPLOM ACY
DEPA RTM ENT OF POLITICA L SCIENCE
Algis Krupavičius • Vytautas Isoda • Tomas Vaišnoras
Introduction to
Comparative Politics
DIDACTICAL GUIDELINES
Kaunas, 2013
,Reviewed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jūratė Imbrasaitė
Approved by the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Political
Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University on 12 December 2012
(Protocol No. 7a)
Recommended for printing by the Council of the Faculty of of Political Science
and Diplomacy of Vytautas Magnus University on 7 January 2013 (Protocol
No. 54)
Edited by UAB “Lingvobalt”
Publication of the didactical guidelines is supported by the European Social Fund
(ESF) and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Project title: “Renewal
and Internationalization of Bachelor Degree Programmes in History, Ethnology,
Philosophy and Political Science” (project No.: VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K-02-048)
© Algis Krupavičius, 2013
© Vytautas Isoda, 2013
© Tomas Vaišnoras, 2013
ISBN 978-9955-21-371-0 © Vytautas Magnus University, 2013
,Table of Contents
Foreword ..................................................................................... 5
An Introduction: What is Comparative Politics? ........................ 6
1. The State ................................................................................ 18
2. Political Regimes ................................................................... 32
3. Legislature ............................................................................. 56
4. The Executive ........................................................................ 70
5. Political Participation and Elections...................................... 91
6. Political Parties and Party Systems ..................................... 115
7. Public Policy ........................................................................ 136
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