Theories of comparative political economy : new paradigms

* List of Tables and Figures  * Preface  * 1. Political Economy and the Comparative Understanding of History  * Origins and Evolution of Political Economy  * Sorting Theories  * The Comparative Approach  * Case Studies Through History  * Historical Studies  * 2. Theories of Transition  * Precapitalism and Capitalism  * The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism  * The Transition from Capitalism to Socialism  * 3. Theories of Class  * Origins  * Class and the Paradox of Pluralism and Individual Choice  * Class and Structuralism  * Class Analysis  * Examples of Class Analysis  * 4. Theories of the State  * Two Conceptions of the State  * Toward a Theory of the State  * Current Thinking on the State  * Issues of State Theory  * 5. Theories of Imperialism  * Traditional and Classical Imperialism  * Contemporary Analyses of Imperialism  * Responses to Imperialism: Understanding Development and Underdevelopment  * Innovative Theories of Capitalist and Socialist Development  * Strategies and Issues of Capitalist and Socialist Development  * Whither Imperialism and Development Theory?  * 6. Theories of Democracy  * Democracy and Capitalism  * Democracy and Socialism  * Alternative Directions: Toward Participatory Democracy  * Other References Consulted  * Index