When are legislators inclined to cast votes in cooperation with their parties and when do they go their own way When and why do nations contend with each other and when are they more likely to cooperate Thematically arranged around the interplay of contention and cooperation A Comparative Introduction to Political Science encourages students to explore causal factors and consequences related to political phenomena to become knowledgeable and resourceful citizens of their nations and the world. Alan Smith covers how patterns of contention and cooperationand the resulting government policiesmay be affected by such factors as the surrounding political framework the distribution of influence and political motivation including values as well as material interests. To expose students to the politics of specific nations each chapter concludes with two country case studies that illuminate the theme of the chapter. Students emerge with a sense of what is going on in the world today. Pedagogically the book employs careful sequencing of topics and concepts for clarity and to introduce politics in a natural logical synchronized way. At times Smith goes beyond sharp nightandday terminological distinctions to add accessible ordinary languagebased terminology that better captures the realworld spectrum between the extremes. A Comparative Introduction to Political Science Contention and Cooperation provides a comprehensive teaching and learning package including these ancillaries Test Bank. Available for adopters to download the Test Bank provides multiplechoice truefalse and essay questions for each chapter. Testing Software. This customizable test bank is available as a Word file or in Respondus 4.0a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed out or published directly to the most popular learning management systems. Exams can be created offline or moved from one LMS to another. Respondus LE is available for free and can be used to automate the process of cr