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Editors: Robert H. Bates, Stephen Hanson, Torben Iversen, Stathis Kalyvas, Peter Lange, Margaret Levi, Helen Milner, Frances Rosenbluth, Susan Stokes, Sidney Tarrow, Kathleen Thelen, Erik Wibbels

This series publishes comparative research that seeks to explain important cross-national domestic political phenomena. The series is based on a broad conception of comparative politics and will promote critical dialogue among different approaches.

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Accountability Without Democracy

Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China

Accountability Without Democracy

Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China

Age in the Welfare State

The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children

Age in the Welfare State

The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children

Between States

Interim Governments in Democratic Transitions

Building States and Markets After Communism

The Perils of Polarized Democracy

Building States and Markets After Communism

The Perils of Polarized Democracy

Candidate Strategies and Electoral Competition in the Russian Federation

Democracy without Foundation

Capitalism, Democracy, and Welfare

Capitalism, Democracy, and Welfare

Challenging the State

Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa

  • Merilee S. Grindle, Edited in association with Ellen Comisso, Peter Hall, Joel Samuel Migdal
  • Hardback | Published February 1996
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Challenging the State

Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa

  • Merilee S. Grindle, Edited in association with Ellen Comisso, Peter Hall, Joel Samuel Migdal
  • Paperback | Published February 1996
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Citizens and Community

Political Support in a Representative Democracy

Clientelism, Interests, and Democratic Representation

The European Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Clientelism, Interests, and Democratic Representation

The European Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Colonialism and Postcolonial Development

Spanish America in Comparative Perspective

Colonialism and Postcolonial Development

Spanish America in Comparative Perspective

Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences

Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences

Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

Political Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Cultural Framings

Comparative Politics

Rationality, Culture, and Structure

Comparative Politics

Rationality, Culture, and Structure
Volume 0, Part 0, 2nd Edition

Comparative Politics

Rationality, Culture, and Structure
Volume 0, Part 0, 2nd Edition

Comparing Policy Networks

Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan

  • David Knoke, Franz Urban Pappi, Jeffrey Broadbent, Yutaka Tsujinaka
  • Paperback | Published April 1996
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Contemporary Capitalism

The Embeddedness of Institutions

Contemporary Capitalism

The Embeddedness of Institutions

Contested Economic Institutions

The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies

Contested Economic Institutions

The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies

Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

  • Edited by Herbert Kitschelt, Peter Lange, Gary Marks, John D. Stephens
  • Hardback | Published March 1999
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Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

  • Edited by Herbert Kitschelt, Peter Lange, Gary Marks, John D. Stephens
  • Paperback | Published March 1999
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Courts under Constraints

Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina

Crony Capitalism

Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines

Crony Capitalism

Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines

Crucibles of Political Loyalty

Church Institutions and Electoral Continuity in Hungary

Crude Democracy

Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes

Crude Democracy

Natural Resource Wealth and Political Regimes

Cultural Contestation in Ethnic Conflict

Cultural Contestation in Ethnic Conflict

Deliberate Discretion?

The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy

Deliberate Discretion?

The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy

Democracy Derailed in Russia

The Failure of Open Politics

Democracy Derailed in Russia

The Failure of Open Politics

Democracy and Redistribution

Democracy and Redistribution

Democracy, Development, and the Countryside

Urban-Rural Struggles in India

Democratic Experiments in Africa

Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspective

Dismantling the Welfare State?

Reagan, Thatcher and the Politics of Retrenchment

Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America

Fiscal Governance in Europe

Forces of Labor

Workers' Movements and Globalization Since 1870

Forces of Labor

Workers' Movements and Globalization Since 1870

Forging Democracy from Below

Insurgent Transitions in South Africa and El Salvador

Forging Democracy from Below

Insurgent Transitions in South Africa and El Salvador

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

The Redistributive Political Economy of Education

Global Capital and National Governments

Global Capital and National Governments

Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States

Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States

Governing from Below

Urban Regions and the Global Economy

Governing from Below

Urban Regions and the Global Economy

Hamilton's Paradox

The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism

Hamilton's Paradox

The Promise and Peril of Fiscal Federalism

Heroic Defeats

The Politics of Job Loss

Heroic Defeats

The Politics of Job Loss

How Institutions Evolve

The Political Economy of Skills in Germany, Britain, the United States, and Japan

How Institutions Evolve

The Political Economy of Skills in Germany, Britain, the United States, and Japan

Imagined Economies

The Sources of Russian Regionalism

Imagined Economies

The Sources of Russian Regionalism

Inside Rebellion

The Politics of Insurgent Violence

Inside Rebellion

The Politics of Insurgent Violence

Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Power, Perceptions, and Pacts

Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Power, Perceptions, and Pacts

Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador

Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador

Internationalization and Domestic Politics

Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America

Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America

Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa

Language Repertoires and State Construction in Africa

Latin American Party Systems

  • Herbert Kitschelt, Kirk A. Hawkins, Juan Pablo Luna, Guillermo Rosas, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
  • Hardback | Published March 2010
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Latin American Party Systems

  • Herbert Kitschelt, Kirk A. Hawkins, Juan Pablo Luna, Guillermo Rosas, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
  • Paperback | Published March 2010
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Legislative Politics in Latin America

Legislative Politics in Latin America

Legislative Voting and Accountability

Legislative Voting and Accountability

Macroeconomic Policies of Developed Democracies

Macroeconomic Policies of Developed Democracies

Making Race and Nation

A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil

Making Race and Nation

A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil

Mandates and Democracy

Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America

Mandates and Democracy

Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America

Merchant Capital and the Roots of State Power in Senegal

1930–1985

Merchant Capital and the Roots of State Power in Senegal

1930–1985

Money, Markets, and the State

Social Democratic Economic Policies since 1918

Money, Markets, and the State

Social Democratic Economic Policies since 1918

Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State

Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State

No Other Way Out

States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991

No Other Way Out

States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991

Partisan Politics in the Global Economy

Partisan Politics in the Global Economy

Party Competition between Unequals

Strategies and Electoral Fortunes in Western Europe

Party Competition between Unequals

Strategies and Electoral Fortunes in Western Europe

Paths toward Democracy

The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America

Paths toward Democracy

The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America

Policy, Office, or Votes?

How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions

Policy, Office, or Votes?

How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions

Political Branding in Cities

The Decline of Machine Politics in Bogota, Naples, and Chicago

Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy making in Latin American Public Utilities

Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy making in Latin American Public Utilities

Political Parties, Growth and Equality

Conservative and Social Democratic Economic Strategies in the World Economy

Political Parties, Growth and Equality

Conservative and Social Democratic Economic Strategies in the World Economy

Political Topographies of the African State

Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice

Political Topographies of the African State

Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice

Politics after Neoliberalism

Reregulation in Mexico

Politics after Neoliberalism

Reregulation in Mexico

Post-Communist Party Systems

Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation

  • Herbert Kitschelt, Zdenka Mansfeldova, Radoslaw Markowski, Gabor Toka
  • Hardback | Published October 1999
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Post-Communist Party Systems

Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation

  • Herbert Kitschelt, Zdenka Mansfeldova, Radoslaw Markowski, Gabor Toka
  • Paperback | Published October 1999
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Post-Imperial Democracies

Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia

Post-Imperial Democracies

Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia

Postsocialist Pathways

Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe

Postsocialist Pathways

Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe

Power in Movement

Social Movements and Contentious Politics
2nd Edition

Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America

Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America

Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America

Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America

Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy

Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy

Procedural Politics

Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union

Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa

Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa

Public Support for Market Reforms in New Democracies

Public Support for Market Reforms in New Democracies

Race and Regionalism in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa

Race and Regionalism in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa

Rebuilding Leviathan

Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies

Rebuilding Leviathan

Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies

Reconstructing the State

Personal Networks and Elite Identity in Soviet Russia

Reconstructing the State

Personal Networks and Elite Identity in Soviet Russia

Redeeming the Communist Past

The Regeneration of Communist Parties in East Central Europe

Redeeming the Communist Past

The Regeneration of Communist Parties in East Central Europe

Regional Economic Voting

Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990–1999

Regional Economic Voting

Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990–1999

Regressive Taxation and the Welfare State

Path Dependence and Policy Diffusion

Representation through Taxation

Revenue, Politics, and Development in Postcommunist States

Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein

The Political Economy of Inequality, Unions, and Social Democracy

  • Edited by David Austen-Smith, Jeffry A. Frieden, Miriam A. Golden, Karl Ove Moene, Adam Przeworski
  • Hardback | Published June 2008
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Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein

The Political Economy of Inequality, Unions, and Social Democracy

  • Edited by David Austen-Smith, Jeffry A. Frieden, Miriam A. Golden, Karl Ove Moene, Adam Przeworski
  • Paperback | Published June 2008
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Skeletons in the Closet

Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe

Skeletons in the Closet

Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe

Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State

A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany

Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State

A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany

Social Revolutions in the Modern World

State Power and Social Forces

Domination and Transformation in the Third World

State Power and Social Forces

Domination and Transformation in the Third World

State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace

State in Society

Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another

State in Society

Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another

Structuring Politics

Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Analysis

Stuffing the Ballot Box

Fraud, Electoral Reform, and Democratization in Costa Rica

Stuffing the Ballot Box

Fraud, Electoral Reform, and Democratization in Costa Rica

Subversive Institutions

The Design and the Destruction of Socialism and the State

Subversive Institutions

The Design and the Destruction of Socialism and the State

Sustaining Abundance

Environmental Performance in Industrial Democracies

Sustaining Abundance

Environmental Performance in Industrial Democracies

Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment

Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment

The Architecture of Government

Rethinking Political Decentralization

The Architecture of Government

Rethinking Political Decentralization

The Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State

The Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State

The European Parliament and Supranational Party System

A Study in Institutional Development

The European Parliament and Supranational Party System

A Study in Institutional Development

The Foundations of Ethnic Politics

Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World

The Foundations of Ethnic Politics

Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World

The Logic of Violence in Civil War

The Logic of Violence in Civil War

The Market and the Masses in Latin America

Policy Reform and Consumption in Liberalizing Economies

The Nationalization of Politics

The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe

The Nationalization of Politics

The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe

The Political Economy of Trust

Institutions, Interests, and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Italy and Germany

The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860–1980

The Class Cleavage

The Politics of Social Risk

Business and Welfare State Development

The Politics of Social Risk

Business and Welfare State Development

The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe

Modernization in Hard Times

The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe

Modernization in Hard Times

The Puzzle of Strikes

Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy

The Puzzle of Strikes

Class and State Strategies in Postwar Italy

The Transformation of European Social Democracy

The Transformation of European Social Democracy

Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil

Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil

Trust and Rule

Trust and Rule

Uncertain Boundaries

The Social and Political Construction of European Economies

Uncertain Boundaries

The Social and Political Construction of European Economies

Understanding Ethnic Violence

Fear, Hatred, and Resentment in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe

Understanding Ethnic Violence

Fear, Hatred, and Resentment in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe

Unemployment in the New Europe

Unemployment in the New Europe

Unions, Employers, and Central Banks

Macroeconomic Coordination and Institutional Change in Social Market Economies

Unions, Employers, and Central Banks

Macroeconomic Coordination and Institutional Change in Social Market Economies

Votes and Violence

Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India

Votes and Violence

Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India

Voting for Autocracy

Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico

Voting for Autocracy

Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico

Voting for Policy, Not Parties

How Voters Compensate for Power Sharing

Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan

Party, Bureaucracy, and Business

Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan

Party, Bureaucracy, and Business

When Things Fell Apart

State Failure in Late-Century Africa

When Things Fell Apart

State Failure in Late-Century Africa

Why Ethnic Parties Succeed

Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India

Why Ethnic Parties Succeed

Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India

Why Women Protest

Women's Movements in Chile

Why Women Protest

Women's Movements in Chile