Synopsis There has been a modern revolution in comparative political study. The growing self-awareness of the profession of politics to provide means for understanding our contemporary dilemmas, necessitated the application of social science theory and methodology to bear upon traditional area studied. Efforts have been made to follow interdisciplinary approach for scientific and sophisticated comparative analysis. Aim of this book is to deal with various concepts and theories of comparative politics and to examine relevance of these concepts to the study of systems of the governments. Every possible care has been taken to make the book useful to the students and teachers.