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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778288503321

Autore

Sangmpam S. N

Titolo

Comparing apples and mangoes [[electronic resource] ] : the overpoliticized state in developing countries / / S.N. Sangmpam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2007

ISBN

0-7914-7999-4

1-4294-9826-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

320.9172/4

Soggetti

Political science

Developing countries Politics and government

Developing countries Economic conditions

Developed countries Economic conditions

Developed countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Comparing apples and mangoes -- The mischaracterization of Third World experiences -- Setting the framework: comparing apples and mangoes -- Politics and overpoliticization -- Sins of universalism and particularism -- From the behavioral revolution to modernization theory -- Democratization by institutional fiat -- Universalism from the left -- Particularism and anti-third worldism -- Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa -- Conclusion -- Overpoliticization: empirical and historical evidence -- Overpoliticized behaviors in democratic regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors common to democratic and authoritarian regimes -- Overpoliticized behaviors in Western countries -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Overpoliticization : quantitative evidence -- Data and procedure -- Results and interpretation -- Conclusion: differences and similarities -- Understanding the overpoliticized state -- Political institutions and the state as effects of politics -- Compromise-resistant politics and the overpoliticized state -- The liberal democratic state as the conceptual contrast -- Basic hypotheses about the overpoliticized state -- What



explains liberal compromise? -- What explains overpoliticization? -- Conclusion.