United States
Comparative Government and Politics
First Edition©2023 Karen Waples; Stephen Orvis; Carol Ann Drogus
Karen Waples offers a fresh new approach for AP® Comparative Government & Politics
Comparative Government: Stories of the World for the AP® Course gets you ready for the AP® course and Exam in a way no other text can match. It teaches all of the skills and provides all of the practice you need, while adhering strictly to the scope and sequence of AP® Comp Gov.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 Introduction to Comparative Government: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
Chapter 1 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Chapter 2 Political Systems
Chapter 3 Case Study: Mexico
Unit 2 Political Institutions
Chapter 4 Political Institutions
Chapter 5 Case Study: United Kingdom
Unit 3 Political Culture and Participation
Chapter 6 Political Culture and Participation
Chapter 7 Case Study: Russia
Unit 4 Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations
Chapter 8 Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations
Chapter 9 Case Study: Nigeria
Unit 5 Political and Economic Changes and Development
Chapter 10 Globalization
Chapter 11 Case Study: China
Chapter 12 Political and Economic Change and Development Chapter 13 Case Study: Iran
Practice Exam: AP® Comparative Government and Politics
Course Countries at a Glance
Data and Classifications A-1
Government Systems A-0
Works Cited W-1
Glossary/Glosario G-1
Index I-1
Karen Waples
Formerly a trial attorney, Karen Waples has taught since 1989 and currently teaches AP® Comparative Government and Politics and AP® U.S. Government and Politics at Holy Family High School in Broomfield, Colorado. Karen has served as a reader, table leader, question leader, and exam leader for the AP® Comparative Government and Politics Exam and as a reader for the AP® U.S. Government and Politics and AP® U.S. History Exams. She is an endorsed consultant for the College Board® and leads workshops and institutes throughout the country for both the AP® Comparative Government and Politics course and the AP® U.S. Government and Politics course. Karen was the chair of the College Board® Social Science Academic Advisory Committee and was a member of the Curriculum Re-design Committee for AP® U.S. Government and Politics. She received the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education in 1997 and was recognized as a Cherry Creek High School Teacher of the Year in 2002.
Stephen Orvis
Stephen Orvis is Professor of Government at Hamilton College. He is a specialist on sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya in particular), identity politics, democratic transitions, and the political economy of development. He has been teaching introduction to comparative politics for more than twenty-five years, as well as courses on African politics, nationalism and the politics of identity, political economy of development, and weak states. He has written a book and articles on agricultural development in Kenya, as well as several articles on civil society in Africa and Kenya, and is currently doing research on political institutions in Africa.
Carol Ann Drogus
Carol Ann Drogus is a retired Professor of Government at Hamilton College. She is a specialist on Brazil, religion, and women’s political participation. She taught introduction to comparative politics for more than twenty years, as well as courses on Latin American politics, gender and politics, and women in Latin America. She has written two books and numerous articles on the political participation of women in religious movements in Brazil.
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