• 1Are the ideological distinctions in modern political systems as important and as clear as they once were?
  • 2What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Democracy Index and Freedom in the World as means of classifying political systems?
  • 3Why is there so much disagreement among political scientists (or comparativists) about the best theoretical approach, and why are grand theories so elusive?
  • 4Which of the different theoretical approaches outlined in this chapter do you find the most compelling or convincing, and which the least? Why?

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