<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">comparative politics</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31318376</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:25:45</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">comparative government</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">comparative political studies</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">government, comparative</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">political studies, comparative</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">politics, comparative</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">studies, comparative political</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Study of the ways in which different societies establish and work with their political structures and government, with the goal of developing general theories concerning government based on the analysis of the differences and similarities among political units. ]]></dc:description></metadata>