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  • Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? C... Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose... more
  • Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? C... Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose... more
  • When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political pu... When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does land reform serve and what place does it have in today s world? A longstanding literature dating back to Aristotle and echoed in important recent works holds... more
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  • This volume brings together original essays by scholars working on a diverse r... This volume brings together original essays by scholars working on a diverse range of empirical issues but whose work is in each case informed by a historical institutional approach to the study of politics. By bringing these pieces together the... more
  • This book explains how postwar Japan managed to achieve a highly egalitarian f... This book explains how postwar Japan managed to achieve a highly egalitarian form of capitalism despite meager social spending. Estevez-Abe develops an institutional rational-choice model to solve this puzzle. She shows how Japan s electoral system... more
  • This book explains how postwar Japan managed to achieve a highly egalitarian f... This book explains how postwar Japan managed to achieve a highly egalitarian form of capitalism despite meager social spending. Estevez-Abe develops an institutional rational-choice model to solve this puzzle. She shows how Japan s electoral system... more
  • The fundamental question of political theory one that precedes all other quest... The fundamental question of political theory one that precedes all other questions about the nature of political life is why there is a state at all. Is human cooperation feasible without a political authority enforcing it? Or do we need a state to... more
  • Why are some communities able to come together to improve their collective lot... Why are some communities able to come together to improve their collective lot while others are not? Looking at variation in local government performance in decentralized West Africa this book advances a novel answer: communities are better able to... more
  • When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political pu... When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does land reform serve and what place does it have in today s world? A longstanding literature dating back to Aristotle and echoed in important recent works holds... more
  • Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provis... Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people particularly in developing countries continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and... more
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