Routledge handbook of comparative political institutions
The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (HCPI) is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to our accumulated knowledge and the cutting edge of scholarship about political institutions in the comparative context. It differs from existing handbooks in that it focuses...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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London [u.a.]
Routledge
2015
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| Edition: | First published |
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| Author Notes: | ed. by Jennifer Gandhi and Rubén Ruiz-Rufino |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of figures; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I Approaches to studying institutions; 2 The new economic institutionalism in historical perspective; 3 Studying institutions; 4 Endogenous change of institutions; 5 Formal and informal institutions; 6 Equilibrium analysis of political institutions; 7 Using field experiments to study political institutions; Part II Comparative political institutions; 8 Constitutions as political institutions
- 9 From Duverger to Rokkan and back: progress and challenges in the study of electoral systems10 Parties and party systems; 11 Legislative organization and outcomes; 12 Executive-legislative relations; 13 Coalition formation and policymaking in parliamentary democracies; 14 Judicial institutions; 15 Federalism; 16 Bureaucracy; 17 Election administration, election observation, and election quality; 18 The military's role in politics; 19 Authoritarian institutions; 20 Fiscal institutions; 21 Labor market institutions and economic performance
- 22 Domestic politics and international institutions: cooperation, sacrifice, and changePart III The effects of comparative institutions; 23 Voting behavior and political institutions; 24 Ethnicity and elections; 25 Political mobilization and institutions; 26 Political violence: an institutional approach; 27 The institutional context of transitional justice; 28 The institutional components of political corruption; 29 Political institutions and economic development; Index