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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 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 charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western Eur... This book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries. Through the historical and comparative analysis of countries as diverse as Sweden and Greece England and Spain France and Italy Iceland and the... more
  • This review of the accomplishments and future agendas of comparative historica... This review of the accomplishments and future agendas of comparative historical research in the social sciences explores its strengths in explaining important worldwide outcomes (e.g. revolutions social provision democracy). It includes sections on... more
  • This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political... This book presents empirical research on the nature and structure of political violence. While most studies of social movements focus on single-nation studies Donatella della Porta uses a comparative research design to analyze movements in two... more
  • A cross-cultural analysis of the abortion issue in the United States and Canad... A cross-cultural analysis of the abortion issue in the United States and Canada. The book focuses on: the judicial legislative and executive branches; public opinion and interest groups; federal agencies; and the roles of subnational authorities and... more
  • In this comparative-historical analysis of Spanish America James Mahoney offer... In this comparative-historical analysis of Spanish America James Mahoney offers a new theory of colonialism and postcolonial development. The book explores why certain kinds of societies are subject to certain kinds of colonialism and why these... more
  • This review of the accomplishments and future agendas of comparative historica... This review of the accomplishments and future agendas of comparative historical research in the social sciences explores its strengths in explaining important worldwide outcomes (e.g. revolutions social provision democracy). It includes sections on... more
  • This book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western Eur... This book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries. Through the historical and comparative analysis of countries as diverse as Sweden and Greece England and Spain France and Italy Iceland and the... more
  • The breakup of the U.S.S.R. was unexpected and unexpectedly peaceful. Though a... The breakup of the U.S.S.R. was unexpected and unexpectedly peaceful. Though a third of the new states fell prey to violent civil conflict anarchy on the post-Soviet periphery when it occurred was quickly cauterized. This book argues that this... more
  • When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of socia... When and why have employers supported the development of institutions of social insurance that provide benefits to workers for various employment-related risks? What factors explain the variation in the social policy preferences of employers? This... 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
  • This book helps explain one of the most intriguing and politically salient puz... This book helps explain one of the most intriguing and politically salient puzzles in comparative political economy: why some countries have much higher unemployment rates than others. Contrary to new classical economics the focus is on explaining... more
  • This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by analyzing pe... This book challenges existing theories of welfare state change by analyzing pension reforms in France Germany and Switzerland between 1970 and 2004. It explains why all three countries were able to adopt far-reaching reforms adapting their pension... more
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