Handbook of comparative political institutions / edited by Adrian Vatter (Full Professor of Political Science) and Rahel Freiburghaus (Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vatter, Adrian, editor.

Freiburghaus, Rahel, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (538 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents 1. Introduction: Past, present, and future of the comparative study of political institution / 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 / Markus Hinterleitner, Fritz Sager, and Kathleen Thelen

3. An interpretive perspective on political institutions / Mark Bevir

4. Qualitative-comparative, set-theoretic and case-based methods / Claudius Wagemann

5. Politometrics: Quantitative methods / Josep M. Colomer

6. Experiments in and on political institutions / Enrico Antonio Bonto La Viña and Lauren E. Young

7. Textual data, data collection, and (computational) data analysis / John D. Wilkerson

8. Data and data sets / Rahel Freiburghaus

Part II. Political institutions in comparative perspective

9. Electoral systems and the personal vote / Jorge M. Fernandes, Yael Shomer, and Matthew S. Shugart

10. Party system institutionalization and the institutions of democratic polities / Herbert J. Kitschelt and Philipp Rehm

11. Democratic governance and the institutionalization of interest group representation / Jan Beyers and William Maloney

12. Social movements / Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso

13. Digital media and digital media systems / Laia Castro Herrero and Sina Blassnig

14. Political executives / Rudy B. Andeweg

15. Bureaucracy and public administrations / B. Guy Peters

16. Legislatures and legislative behaviour / Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus

17. Bicameralism / Sean Mueller

18. Direct democracy / David Altman

19. Deliberative mini-publics / Kimmo Grönlund and Maija Setälä

20. Federalism and federal systems / Nathalie Behnke and Arthur Benz

21. Regional political institutions / Arjan H. Schakel and Alexander Verdoes

22. Judiciary and judicial behaviour / Lee Epstein, Urska Šadl, and Keren Weinshall

23. Constitutions and the rule of law / Astrid Lorenz

Part III. Dynamics, interactions, and effects of comparative political institutions

24. Development and decline of democracies: The role of institutional factors / Carl H. Knutsen and Jan Teorell

25. How forms of government shape models of democracy and their vulnerability to backsliding / Steffen Ganghof

26. Power concentration and power diffusion: A new typology of political-institutional patterns of democracy / Julian Bernauer and Adrian Vatter

27. Political institutions and public policy / Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach, and Xavier Fernández-i-Marín

28. Political institutions and economic development / Jacob G. Hariri and Mogens K. Justesen

29. Political institutions and the corruption of politics / Oksana Huss, Alice Mattoni and Fernanda Odilla

30. Political institutions and political support / Julian Erhardt and Markus Freitag

Part IV. Outlook

31. Is there an institutional theory of comparative politics? Can there be? / B. Guy Peters.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781803929095 (e-book)

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