Comparing Apples and Mangoes -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Comparing Apples and Mangoes -- THE MISCHARACTERIZATION OF THIRD WORLD EXPERIENCES -- SETTING THE FRAMEWORK: COMPARING APPLES AND MANGOES -- POLITICS AND OVERPOLITICIZATION -- 2. Sins of Universalism and Particularism -- FROM THE BEHAVIORAL REVOLUTION TO MODERNIZATION THEORY -- DEMOCRATIZATION BY INSTITUTIONAL FIAT -- UNIVERSALISM FROM THE LEFT -- PARTICULARISM AND ANTI-THIRD WORLDISM -- PARTICULARISM IN SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA, AND AFRICA -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Overpoliticization -- OVERPOLITICIZED BEHAVIORS IN DEMOCRATIC REGIMES (ELECTORALIST BEHAVIORS) -- OVERPOLITICIZED BEHAVIORS IN AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES (AUTHORITARIAN BEHAVIORS) -- OVERPOLITICIZED BEHAVIORS COMMON TO DEMOCRATIC ANDAUTHORITARIAN REGIMES (SHARED BEHAVIORS) -- OVERPOLITICIZED BEHAVIORS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES -- CONCLUSION: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN OVERPOLITICIZATION -- 4. Overpoliticization -- DATA AND PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION -- CONCLUSION: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES -- 5. Understanding the Overpoliticized State -- POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE STATE AS EFFECTS OF POLITICS -- COMPROMISE-RESISTANT POLITICS AND THE OVERPOLITICIZED STATE -- THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC STATE AS THE CONCEPTUAL CONTRAST -- 6. Basic Hypotheses About the Overpoliticized State -- WHAT EXPLAINS LIBERAL COMPROMISE? -- WHAT EXPLAINS OVERPOLITICIZATION? -- CONCLUSION -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.