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Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions
This comprehensive Handbook presents a broad range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives on the comparative study of political institutions. Exploring cutting-edge developments in the field, it provides new insight into the significant diversity and impact of political institutions across space and time.
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This comprehensive Handbook presents a broad range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives on the comparative study of political institutions. Exploring cutting-edge developments in the field, it provides new insight into the significant diversity and impact of political institutions across space and time.
Highlighting the omnipresence of political institutions in today’s world, this Handbook covers both traditional and emerging institutions and traces the intricate relationships between them. Expert contributors analyse the design, functioning and transformation of political institutions, and identify their impacts on public policy, economic development and the quality of democracy. Adopting a holistic approach, they examine the foundations of the field alongside a carefully curated set of institutional case studies. The Handbook also outlines a forward-looking research agenda for the field, demonstrating how new theories and methodologies can be leveraged to further advance the comparative study of political institutions.
Providing an accessible overview of one of the founding pillars of political science, the Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of international politics and public policy. It is also an important read for practitioners seeking to craft political systems that align with the demands and expectations of contemporary citizens.
Highlighting the omnipresence of political institutions in today’s world, this Handbook covers both traditional and emerging institutions and traces the intricate relationships between them. Expert contributors analyse the design, functioning and transformation of political institutions, and identify their impacts on public policy, economic development and the quality of democracy. Adopting a holistic approach, they examine the foundations of the field alongside a carefully curated set of institutional case studies. The Handbook also outlines a forward-looking research agenda for the field, demonstrating how new theories and methodologies can be leveraged to further advance the comparative study of political institutions.
Providing an accessible overview of one of the founding pillars of political science, the Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of international politics and public policy. It is also an important read for practitioners seeking to craft political systems that align with the demands and expectations of contemporary citizens.
Critical Acclaim
‘The study of politics is, to a large extent, the study of institutions. There is no better place to obtain an overview of this complex subject than the present volume, which includes contributions on a great variety of subjects from leading experts in each of the chosen topics presented in a clear and accessible prose.’
– John Gerring, The University of Texas at Austin, US
– John Gerring, The University of Texas at Austin, US
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction: past, present, and future of the comparative study of
political institution 1
Adrian Vatter and Rahel Freiburghaus
PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
2 Classical institutional theories and institutional change 23
Markus Hinterleitner, Fritz Sager, and Kathleen Thelen
3 An interpretive perspective on political institutions 36
Mark Bevir
4 Qualitative-comparative, set-theoretic and case-based methods 51
Claudius Wagemann
5 Politometrics: quantitative methods 65
Josep M. Colomer
6 Experiments in and on political institutions 87
Enrico Antonio Bonto La Viña and Lauren E. Young
7 Textual data, data collection, and (computational) data analysis 104
John D. Wilkerson
8 Data and data sets 120
Rahel Freiburghaus
PART II POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
9 Electoral systems and the personal vote 136
Jorge M. Fernandes, Yael Shomer, and Matthew S. Shugart
10 Party system institutionalization and the institutions of democratic polities 155
Herbert J. Kitschelt and Philipp Rehm
11 Democratic governance and the institutionalization of interest group
representation 175
Jan Beyers and William Maloney
12 Social movements 194
Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso
13 Digital media and digital media systems 206
Laia Castro Herrero and Sina Blassnig
14 Political executives 216
Rudy B. Andeweg
15 Bureaucracy and public administrations 233
B. Guy Peters
16 Legislatures and legislative behaviour 249
Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus
17 Bicameralism 264
Sean Mueller
18 Direct democracy 277
David Altman
19 Deliberative mini-publics 295
Kimmo Grönlund and Maija Setälä
20 Federalism and federal systems 311
Nathalie Behnke and Arthur Benz
21 Regional political institutions 326
Arjan H. Schakel and Alexander Verdoes
22 Judiciary and judicial behaviour 348
Lee Epstein, Urška Šadl, and Keren Weinshall
23 Constitutions and the rule of law 363
Astrid Lorenz
PART III DYNAMICS, INTERACTIONS, AND EFFECTS OF
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
24 Development and decline of democracies: the role of institutional factors 380
Carl H. Knutsen and Jan Teorell
25 How forms of government shape models of democracy and their
vulnerability to backsliding 395
Steffen Ganghof
26 Power concentration and power diffusion: a new typology of
political-institutional patterns of democracy 410
Julian Bernauer and Adrian Vatter
27 Political institutions and public policy 429
Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach, and Xavier Fernández-i-Marín
28 Political institutions and economic development 451
Jacob G. Hariri and Mogens K. Justesen
29 Political institutions and the corruption of politics 467
Oksana Huss, Alice Mattoni and Fernanda Odilla
30 Political institutions and political support 483
Julian Erhardt and Markus Freitag
PART IV OUTLOOK
31 Is there an institutional theory of comparative politics? Can there be? 501
B. Guy Peters
1 Introduction: past, present, and future of the comparative study of
political institution 1
Adrian Vatter and Rahel Freiburghaus
PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
2 Classical institutional theories and institutional change 23
Markus Hinterleitner, Fritz Sager, and Kathleen Thelen
3 An interpretive perspective on political institutions 36
Mark Bevir
4 Qualitative-comparative, set-theoretic and case-based methods 51
Claudius Wagemann
5 Politometrics: quantitative methods 65
Josep M. Colomer
6 Experiments in and on political institutions 87
Enrico Antonio Bonto La Viña and Lauren E. Young
7 Textual data, data collection, and (computational) data analysis 104
John D. Wilkerson
8 Data and data sets 120
Rahel Freiburghaus
PART II POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
9 Electoral systems and the personal vote 136
Jorge M. Fernandes, Yael Shomer, and Matthew S. Shugart
10 Party system institutionalization and the institutions of democratic polities 155
Herbert J. Kitschelt and Philipp Rehm
11 Democratic governance and the institutionalization of interest group
representation 175
Jan Beyers and William Maloney
12 Social movements 194
Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso
13 Digital media and digital media systems 206
Laia Castro Herrero and Sina Blassnig
14 Political executives 216
Rudy B. Andeweg
15 Bureaucracy and public administrations 233
B. Guy Peters
16 Legislatures and legislative behaviour 249
Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus
17 Bicameralism 264
Sean Mueller
18 Direct democracy 277
David Altman
19 Deliberative mini-publics 295
Kimmo Grönlund and Maija Setälä
20 Federalism and federal systems 311
Nathalie Behnke and Arthur Benz
21 Regional political institutions 326
Arjan H. Schakel and Alexander Verdoes
22 Judiciary and judicial behaviour 348
Lee Epstein, Urška Šadl, and Keren Weinshall
23 Constitutions and the rule of law 363
Astrid Lorenz
PART III DYNAMICS, INTERACTIONS, AND EFFECTS OF
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
24 Development and decline of democracies: the role of institutional factors 380
Carl H. Knutsen and Jan Teorell
25 How forms of government shape models of democracy and their
vulnerability to backsliding 395
Steffen Ganghof
26 Power concentration and power diffusion: a new typology of
political-institutional patterns of democracy 410
Julian Bernauer and Adrian Vatter
27 Political institutions and public policy 429
Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach, and Xavier Fernández-i-Marín
28 Political institutions and economic development 451
Jacob G. Hariri and Mogens K. Justesen
29 Political institutions and the corruption of politics 467
Oksana Huss, Alice Mattoni and Fernanda Odilla
30 Political institutions and political support 483
Julian Erhardt and Markus Freitag
PART IV OUTLOOK
31 Is there an institutional theory of comparative politics? Can there be? 501
B. Guy Peters
