Countries And Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture

by Michael G. Roskin

Eminently readable and written with candor and spirit, this 9th edition of Countries and Concepts simply observes that politics is composed of human conflicts or quarrels, forming patterns that can be studied. Analyzing four European nations and Japan at some length and four developing nations more briefly, this text studies the history, institutions, and political culture of each. For political analysts or those in international business that need to grasp the political culture of the country(ies) they're dealing with.

Genres: Politics, Textbooks, History, Nonfiction, Political Science, Economics

604 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[米占进化史 小]

It gives a foundation, a framework to understand the underlying logic of how the world is running. Politics is the base of everything. And the author lends us a lens to see how a country’s path, past, geography could shape its future. Things have patterns.

[Aimee]

Required for intro to comparative politics. Setup so that it’s easy to read and comprehend. I recommend it if you’re curious to how our (U.S.A.) government is setup compared to others.

[Muyu]

@2018-08-26 23:54:57

[YY Y]

世界潮流，浩浩荡荡，顺之则昌，逆之则亡。

[lebaishi]

中国和巴西的章节被整个删除了，不太明白为啥要删除巴西，好在找到了一个补充翻译

[Jiro]

可供查阅和速览，介绍思路可以成为认识一个国家的框架：历史影响、制度文化、当前问题等。

[Alex Hwang]

感觉翻译得有点乱…看了大概四分之三，有点看不下去了。
回头去看看原版

[Weiping]

拖了这么多年，终于开始啃这本。发现超级有趣，认知不断被刷新，简直欲罢不能。

[M]

reading for Soc 315

[Alice]

Very good book, easy-understandable, not boring :)