TY - BOOK AU - Langenbacher,Eric A. TI - Comparative politics: mapping institutions, power, and legitimacy SN - 9781544329291 AV - JF51 .L36 2026 PY - 2024/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - CQ Press KW - Print books KW - local N2 - "Comparative Politics: Mapping Institutions, Power, and Legitimacy introduces students to the foundations of comparative politics while using mapping and data analysis to encourage them to think critically about ever-changing global relationships. Author Eric Langenbacher examines the key concepts of power and legitimacy through a variety of viewpoints, emphasizing the choices institutions make and why they make them. As students explore themes through world geography and data-based cases, they learn to reevaluate traditional ideas about national and other political borders and better assess the performance of political institutions"-- ER -