Comparative Politics in Transition

Classifying the world's nations into six groups, McCormick (political science, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis) examines the constitution and distribution of political power in liberal democracies, Communist countries, post-Communist countries, newly industrialized countries, less developed countries, and Islamic countries. The result is a less-Eurocentric comparative analysis than one commonly finds in introductory textbooks, and the fact that the text is single-authored lends it cohesiveness. McCormick maintains a website with updated links. A CD-ROM is included (what's on it is not described). Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

John McCormick is Professor of Political Science at the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University, and is the department's specialist in comparative politics, European politics, and environmental policy. He has degrees from universities in Britain, South Africa, and the United States, and eight years of experience working with environmental interest groups in London. In addition to COMPARATIVE POLITICS IN TRANSITION (Sixth Edition, Wadsworth, 2010), recent publications include THE EUROPEAN SUPERPOWER (2006), UNDERSTANDING THE EUROPEAN UNION (Fourth Edition, 2008), and EUROPEANISM (Oxford University Press, 2010).