Contents

pp vii-xvii

List of briefings

pp xviii-xix

List of fact files

pp xx-xx

List of controversies

pp xxi-xxi

List of tables

pp xxii-xxii

List of figures

pp xxiii-xxiii

Preface to the second edition

pp xxiv-xxiv

Acknowledgements

pp xxv-xxv

List of abbreviations and acronyms

pp xxvi-xxvii

Key terms and concepts

pp xxviii-xxviii

How to use this book

pp xxix-xxxii

Introduction

pp 1-10

PART I - The state: origins and development

pp 11-12

1 - The development of the modern state

pp 13-33

2 - States and democracy

pp 34-52

3 - Democratic change and persistence

pp 53-68

PART II - The polity: structures and institutions

pp 69-70

4 - Constitutions

pp 71-90

5 - Presidential and parliamentary government

pp 91-104

6 - Multi-level government: international, national and sub-national

pp 105-133

7 - Policy making and legislating: executives and legislatures

pp 134-151

8 - Implementation: the public bureaucracy

pp 152-168

PART III - Citizens, elites and interest mediation

pp 169-170

9 - Political attitudes and behaviour

pp 171-197

10 - Pressure groups and social movements

pp 198-223

11 - The mass media

pp 224-244

12 - Voters and elections

pp 245-267

13 - Party government

pp 268-288

PART IV - Policies and performance

pp 289-290