CURRENT DEBATES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Designed for introductory courses, Current Debates in Comparative Politics presents fifty-one readings drawn from major magazines and newspapers including The Economist, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Addressing theoretical, methodological, andpractical issues, the selections include scholarly readings that introduce students to key debates in the field along with more informal readings - including one from The Onion and another on Stephen Colbert's notion of "truthiness" - that help students to engage with the material and see how itrelates to their daily lives.An excellent stand-alone text, Current Debates in Comparative Politics is also a perfect companion to the editors' textbook, Comparative Politics: Integrating Theories, Methods, and Cases (OUP, 2012), as its selections are organized thematically into fifteen sections that correspond to the chaptersin the text. Each section includes a short introductory essay and discussion questions that guide students in their reading.