The analysis of benchmarks and best practices is becoming more relevant. Political cultural aspects and the facets of democratization are central fields in Comparative Political Science. Juan Linz, Arend Lijphart, Charles Ragin and other well known political scientists describe the state of the art and new methodological approaches in the discipline.

The analysis of benchmarks and best practices is becoming more relevant. Political cultural aspects and the facets of democratization are central fields in Comparative Political Science. Juan Linz, Arend Lijphart, Charles Ragin and other well known political scientists describe the state of the art and new methodological approaches in the discipline.