Comparative Politics

Section I: Theories and methods; 1 Bo Rothstein: The relevance of comparative politics; 2 B. Guy Peters: Approaches in comparative politics; 3 Hans Keman and Paul Pennings: Comparative research methods; Section II: The historical context; 4 Gianfranco Poggi: The nation-state; 5 Anibal Perez-Linan: Democracies; 6 Paul Brooker: Authoritarian regimes; Section III: Structures and institutions; 7 Amie Kreppel: Legislatures; 8 Wolfgang C. Muller: Governments and bureaucracies; 9 Alec Stone Sweet: Constitutions and courts; 10 Michael Gallagher: Elections and referendums; 11 John Loughlin: Unitary, federal, and local government institutions; Section IV: Actors and processes; 12 Richard S. Katz: Political parties; 13 Daniele Caramani: Party systems; 14 Roland Erne: Interest groups; 15 James Bickerton and Alain-G. Gagnon: Regions; 16 Hanspeter Kriesi: Social movements; 17 Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart: Political culture; 18 Herbert Kitschelt and Philipp Rehm: Political participation; 19 Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch: Political communication; Section V: Public policies; 20 Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun: Policy making; 21 Kees van Kersbergen and Philip Manow: The welfare state; 22 Jorgen Goul Andersen: The impact of public policies; Section VI: Beyond the Nation-State; 23 Simon Hix: The EU as a new political system; 24 Georg Sorensen: Globalization and the nation-state; 25 Peter Burnell: Promoting democracy

Daniele Caramani is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.