This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century.

The Late S.E. Finer's tour de force demonstrates the breadth of imagination and magisterial scholarship which characterized the work of one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century.

* Contains the texts of the American, French, German,and Russian constitutions * Contains major extracts from the European Community and Maastricht treaties A political scientist and a comparative lawyer have joined forces to produce a ...

In the ""first world"" of democratic countries, the civil-military relationship has been thoroughly integrated, and indeed by most modern standards this is seen as essential.

Introduction to the study of politics. For the general reader.