ALAN R. BALL was formerly Principal Lecturer in Politics, University of Portsmouth, UK.B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• PART I: THE NATURE OF POLITICSThe Study of PoliticsPolitics, Power and AuthorityClassification of GovernmentsPolitical CultureGlobalization and the Influence of International PoliticsPART II: PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS AND REPRESENTATIONPolitical Parties and Electoral SystemsPressure GroupsRepresentation, Elections and Voting BehaviourPART III: STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENTAssembliesThe Political ExecutiveThe Public BureaucracyThe Courts and the Political ProcessThe Military and PoliticsPART IV: POLITICAL CHANGEChange in Political Systems.

ALAN R. BALL was formerly Principal Lecturer in Politics, University of Portsmouth, UK.B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• PART I: THE NATURE OF POLITICSThe Study of PoliticsPolitics, Power and AuthorityClassification of GovernmentsPolitical CultureGlobalization and the Influence of International PoliticsPART II: PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS AND REPRESENTATIONPolitical Parties and Electoral SystemsPressure GroupsRepresentation, Elections and Voting BehaviourPART III: STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENTAssembliesThe Political ExecutiveThe Public BureaucracyThe Courts and the Political ProcessThe Military and PoliticsPART IV: POLITICAL CHANGEChange in Political Systems.

ALAN R. BALL was formerly Principal Lecturer in Politics, University of Portsmouth, UK.B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• PART I: THE NATURE OF POLITICSThe Study of PoliticsPolitics, Power and AuthorityClassification of GovernmentsPolitical CultureGlobalization and the Influence of International PoliticsPART II: PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS AND REPRESENTATIONPolitical Parties and Electoral SystemsPressure GroupsRepresentation, Elections and Voting BehaviourPART III: STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENTAssembliesThe Political ExecutiveThe Public BureaucracyThe Courts and the Political ProcessThe Military and PoliticsPART IV: POLITICAL CHANGEChange in Political Systems.