布朗《比较政治学读本》是美国比较政治学本科教学参考资料里*有名气的一种，自1961年的每版到2000年已经出了九版。该读本节选了一些文章和书籍，多为美国学者的作品，也包括少量欧洲古典作品。
这本集子里包含的阅读资料显然“与时俱进”，**版的**都不同，体现当时比较政治学的理论兴趣。在此之前，研究社会革命曾经是**，后来又以“现代化”为**，再后来研究共产党**是显学。这一版突出强调了20世纪90年代以来对民主化的研究。这一版的末尾加了一个部分，是关于“善治”的，代表了民主化狂热过后的一种新的兴趣。

INTRODUCTION：ON COMPARING NATIONS
CHAPTER ONE METHODS OF COMPARISON
1 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS：THE SEARCH FOR FOCUS ROY C.MACRIDIS
2 AREA STUDIES AND THE DISCIPLINE ROBERT H.BATES
3 PRECONCEPTION VS.OBSERVATION CHALMERS JOHNSON
4 RATIONAL CHOICE，CULTURE AND PROBLEM ORIENTED RESEARCH IAN SHAPIRO
PART ONE POLITICAL CHANGE
CHAPTER TWO MODERNIZATION AND POSTMODERNIZATION
5 THE DYNAMICS OF MODERNIZATION SAMUEL H.BEER
6 THE CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUE DAVID LANDES
7 BRITISH RULE IN INDIA KARL MARX
8 VALUES，ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL CHANGE RONALD INGLEHART
9 AN ECOFEMINIST PERSPECTIVE J.ANN TICKNER
CHAPTER THREE REVOLUTION AND PROTEST
10 FRAMEWORKS OF THE GREAT REVOLUTIONS S.N.ELSENSTADT
11 SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ALAIN TOURAINE
12 REVOLUTION AND ANOMIE BERNARD E.BROWN
13 DEMOCRACY，UTORIA AND REVOLUTION FRANCOIS FURET
PART TWO PATTERNS OF LEGITIMACY
CHAPTER FOUR ETHNICITY，NATION，STATE
CHAPTER FIVE DEMOCRACIES
CHAPTER SIX TRANSITIONS TO DEMOCRACY
PART THREE POLITICAL DYNAMICS
CHAPTER SEVEN THE CIVIL SOCIETY
CHATPER EIGHT POLITICAL PARTIES
PART FOUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER NINE DO INSTITUTIONS MATTER？
CHAPTER TEN POLITICAL PERFORMANCE
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