Carles Boix shows that an increasingly interdependent world economy and recent technological shocks have exacerbated the dilemmas faced by governments in choosing amongst various policy objectives, like job creation and reducing income inequality.
'Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies' brings together insights from the worlds of party politics and public administration in order to analyze the role of political parties in public appointments across contemporary Europe.
Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies brings together insights from the worlds of party politics and public administration in order to analyze the role of political parties in public appointments across contemporary Europe. Based on an extensive new data g…
Party primaries in comparative perspective
"Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules, society, and the organization of …
"Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules, society, and the organization of …
Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules, society, and the organization of p…
The coalition effect, 2010-2015
Party systems and democracy in Africa
"Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? This collection offers important new insights into the relation between party systems and democracy on the African continent. It presents a comparative analysis of how African party systems influence procedural aspects of dem…
Until the mid-20th century, France saw itself as a great power with universalist aspirations and global ambitions. But the Second World War and decolonisation irrevocably changed France's place in the world. Despite attempts to restore the country's 'grandeur' in the 1960s, the …