Carles Boix is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He has written the books Political Parties, Growth and Equality (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Both books won the American Political Science Association Award for the best book on political economy. Boix has also published articles in leading journals such American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, International Organization, and World Politics. Susan Stokes: PhD, Stanford University, 1988. John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and director of the Yale Program on Democracy. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Russell Sage Foundation.

This comprehensive work...provides a thorough and contemporary examination of the field of comparative politics and various central questions within it...there is more than enough material here (including detailed references) to keep scholars and bring graduate students completely up to date; indeed the analyses are often cutting edge. Lastly, inasmuch as this handbook series aspires to shape the discipline and not just describe it, many chapters in this handbook usefully conclude with a precise outline of the future research agenda as seen by the author.

• PART I. INTRODUCTION; PART II. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; PART III. STATES AND STATE FORMATION: POLITICAL CONSENT; PART IV. POLITICAL REGIMES AND TRANSITIONS; PART V. POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL CONFLICT; PART VI. MASS POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; PART VII. PROCESSING POLITICAL DEMANDS; PART VIII. GOVERNANCE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Carles Boix is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He has written the books Political Parties, Growth and Equality (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Both books won the American Political Science Association Award for the best book on political economy. Boix has also published articles in leading journals such American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, International Organization, and World Politics. Susan Stokes: PhD, Stanford University, 1988. John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and director of the Yale Program on Democracy. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Russell Sage Foundation.

This comprehensive work...provides a thorough and contemporary examination of the field of comparative politics and various central questions within it...there is more than enough material here (including detailed references) to keep scholars and bring graduate students completely up to date; indeed the analyses are often cutting edge. Lastly, inasmuch as this handbook series aspires to shape the discipline and not just describe it, many chapters in this handbook usefully conclude with a precise outline of the future research agenda as seen by the author.

• PART I. INTRODUCTION; PART II. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; PART III. STATES AND STATE FORMATION: POLITICAL CONSENT; PART IV. POLITICAL REGIMES AND TRANSITIONS; PART V. POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL CONFLICT; PART VI. MASS POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; PART VII. PROCESSING POLITICAL DEMANDS; PART VIII. GOVERNANCE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Carles Boix is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He has written the books Political Parties, Growth and Equality (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Both books won the American Political Science Association Award for the best book on political economy. Boix has also published articles in leading journals such American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, International Organization, and World Politics. Susan Stokes: PhD, Stanford University, 1988. John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and director of the Yale Program on Democracy. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the Russell Sage Foundation.

This comprehensive work...provides a thorough and contemporary examination of the field of comparative politics and various central questions within it...there is more than enough material here (including detailed references) to keep scholars and bring graduate students completely up to date; indeed the analyses are often cutting edge. Lastly, inasmuch as this handbook series aspires to shape the discipline and not just describe it, many chapters in this handbook usefully conclude with a precise outline of the future research agenda as seen by the author.

• PART I. INTRODUCTION; PART II. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; PART III. STATES AND STATE FORMATION: POLITICAL CONSENT; PART IV. POLITICAL REGIMES AND TRANSITIONS; PART V. POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL CONFLICT; PART VI. MASS POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; PART VII. PROCESSING POLITICAL DEMANDS; PART VIII. GOVERNANCE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE