INTRODUCTION:ON COMPARING NATIONS 1
CHAPTER ONE METHODS OF COMPARISON 19
1．COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS:THE SEARCH FOR FOCUS ROY C.MACRIDIS 20
2．AREA STUDIES AND THEDISCIPLINE ROBERT H.BATES 28
3．PRECONCEPTION VS.OBSERVATION CHALMERS JOHNSON 32
4．RATIONAL CHOICE,CULTURE AND PROBLEM ORIENTED RESEARCH IAN SHAPIRO 38
PART ONE.POLITICAL CHANGE 43
CHAPTER TWO MODERNIZATION AND POSTMODERNIZATION 51
5．THE DYNAMICS OF MODERNIZATION SAMUEL H.BEER 52
6．THE CREATION OF KNOWL EDGE AND TECHNIQUE DAVID LANDES 56
7．BRITISH RULE IN INDIA KARL MARX 64
8．VAL UES,ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL CHANGE RONALD INGLEHART 66
9．AN ECOFEMINIST PERSPECTIVE J.ANN TlCKNER 91
CHAPTER THREE REVOLUTION AND PROTEST 97
10．FRAMEWORKS OF THE GREAT REVOL UTIONS S.N.EISENSTADT 98
11．SOCIAL TRANSFORMATlONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ALAIN TOURAINE 111
12．REVOLUTION AND ANOMIE BERNARD E.BROWN 117
13．DEMMCCRACY,UTOPIA AND REVOLUTlON FRANCOIS FURET 123
PART TWO.PATTERNS OF LEGITIMACY 135
CHAPTER FOUR ETHNICITY,NATION,STATE 141
14．VARIETIES OF NATIONALISM LIAH GREENFELD 142
15．WHAT ISASTATE？MAX WEBER 146
16．BRINGING THE STATE BACK IN THEDA SKOCPOL 150
17．PRISONERS OF THE STATE CHARLES TILLY 158
CHAPTER FIVE DEMOCRACIES 165
18．HORIZONTAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN NEW DEMOCRACIES GUILLERMO O'DONNELL19．MAJORITARIAN VERSUS CONSENSUAL DEMOCRACY AREND LIJPHART 175
20．DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION CAROLE PATEMAN 185
21．WORKER DEMOCRACY:A TEST CASE BERNARD E.BROWN 191
CHAPTER SIX TRANSIT IONS TO DEMOCRACY 196
22．THE FUTURE OF THE THIRD WAVE SAMUEL P.HUNTINGTON 196
23．COMPARING EAST AND SOUTH VALERIE BUNCE 203
24．ISLAM AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY BERNARD LEWIS 212
PART THREE.POLITICAL DYNA MICS 221
CHAPTER SEVEN THE CIVIL SOCIETY 229
25．FROM GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNANCE GERRY STOKER 230
26．BOWLING ALONE ROBERT D.PUTNAM 239
27．THE PARADOX OF CIVIL SOCIETY MICHAEL W.FOLEY and BOB EDWARDS 248
CHAPTER EIGHT POLITICAL PARTIES 258
28．THE IRON LAW OF OLIGARCHY ROBERT MICHELS 259
29．LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE IN PARTY SYSTEMS KLAUS VON BEYME 265
30．EROSION OF THE CLASS AND RELIGIOUS VOTE MATTEI DOGAN 278
31．THE RISE OF NEW POLITICAL PARTIES PIERO lGNAZI 288
PART FOUR.POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 297
CHAPTER NINE DO INSTITUTIONS MATTER？ 305
32．INSTITUTlONAL PERSPECTIVES JAMES MARCH and JOHAN OLSEN 306
33．PRESIDENTIAL VS.PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY:A DEBATE 316
A.THE PERILS OF PRESIDENTIALISM JUAN J.LINZ 316
B.COMPARING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DONALD L.HOROWITZ 326
C.A FINAL COMMENT JUAN J.LINZ 329
34．GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE JOEL D.ABERBACH and BERT A.ROCKMAN 330
35．JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE ARAB WORLD NATHAN I.BROWN 342
CHAPTER TEN POLITICAL PERFORMANCE 349
36．POLICY PARADIGMS,SOCIAL LEARNING,AND THE STATE PETER A.HALL 349
37．EQUALITY VERSUS INEQUALITY ROBERT A.DAHL 363
38．CORRUPTION AND SHIFTING VALUES YVES M？NY 368
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 375