title: The Science of Politics: An Introduction
author: Josep M. Colomer
description: <br>"I don't think that anyone has tried to write something like this before. If one wants to give an overview of political science, then this is about the only book there is!"--James A. Robinson, <em>Harvard University</em>
zlib_text: Democratization 
  
  The World of Political Science— 
  The development of the discipline 
   
  Book series edited by  
  Michael Stein and John Trent 
    
  Professors Michael B. Stein and John E. Trent are the co-editors of 
  the book series “The World of Political Science”. The former is 
  professor of Political Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, 
  Ontario, Canada. The latter is a Fellow in the Center of Governance of 
  the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and a former 
  professor in its Department of Political science.  
  Dr.Tim Heinmiller is the coordinator of the series, and Assistant 
  Professor of Political Science at Brock University in St. Catherines, 
  Ontario, Canada. 
   
   
   
  
  Dirk Berg-Schlosser (ed.) 
   
  Democratization 
  The State of the Art 
   
  Second revised edition 
   
   
    
          
    
   
   
   
   
   
  Barbara Budrich Publishers 
  Opladen & Farmington Hills 2007 
  
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