Comparative politics
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Comparative politics is a field in political science, characterized by an empirical approach based on the comparative method. In other words, comparative politics is the study of the domestic politics, political institutions, and conflicts of countries. It often involves comparisons among countries and through time within single countries, emphasizing key patterns of similarity and difference. Arend Lijphart argues that comparative politics does not have a substantive focus in itself, but rather a methodological one: it focuses on "the how but does not specify the what of the analysis."
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See also
- Comparative law
- Historical sociology
- Political midlife crisis
- Political science
- State collapse
- Historic recurrence
- The anatomy of revolution
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