Understanding the Political World

This introduction to political science and political economy provides a framework for classifying and analyzing countries in the post Cold War world, with a discussion of the changes posed by ethnonationalism, economic globalization and the collapse of the Soviet empire. concepts and has coverage of political institutions, processes and policies. In addition, it examines transition in developed and developing countries, the former Soviet bloc, newly industrialized countries, and the Islamic states of the Middle East. New to this edition is work on political communication, political ideologies and the impact of new communication technology.