The book consists of four parts: Introduction, Consolidated Democracies, Mixed Systems, and Authoritarian Regimes.

Each part of the book consists of chapters that go into detail to explain the vast amount of topics that make up comparative politics.

The book reflects on numerous nations across the globe, ranging from Britain, France, Germany, and The United States, to Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Nigeria, and Russia.

Nations that are discussed are: Britain, France, Germany, European Union, Japan, India, and the United States.

This part discusses many topics, such as the making of these modern states, political and economic development, governance and policy-making, representation and participation, and politics in transition, in reference to Britain, France, Germany, European Union, Japan, India, and the United States.