Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Tables and Figures VII
4. Acknowledgments VIII
5. PART 1. THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL CONCERNS
6. 1 Introduction 3
7. 2 On Classification 11
8. 3 The Theory of the Mixed Regime and the Problem of Power: A Machiavellian Meditation 45
9. PART 2. MODERN TYPOLOGIES
10. 4 Democratic Political Systems 71
11. 5 Authoritarianism 91
12. 6 On the Classification of Socialist Political Systems 117
13. 7 Typologies of Socialist Systems 141
14. 8 The Comparative Study of Third World Political Systems 159
15. 9 Typologies of Third World Political Systems 173
16. 10 A Neoinstitutional Typology of Third World Politics 205
17. 11 Typologies Based on Political Parties 243
18. 12 Typologies Based on Civilian-Dominated Versus Military-Dominated Political Systems 261
19. PART 3. CLASSIFICATION BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
20. 13 African Political Systems 281
21. 14 Arab Political Systems 303
22. 15 Latin American Political Systems 337
23. 16 Conclusions and Summary: A Long Journey Begins with a Single Step 363
24. About the Contributors 369
25. Index 375