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The Theoretical Foundations of Democracy Studies
Concepts, Causes, and Outcomes
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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Focusing on democracy studies, this Element considers the different ways in which scholars have responded to fundamental conceptual and theoretical choices in the field and, drawing mainly on various metatheoretical ideas, suggests that some positions are better justified than others. It emphasizes …
Claim-Making in Comparative Perspective
Everyday Citizenship Practice and Its Consequences
Av Janice K. Gallagher, Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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Claim-making - the everyday strategies through which citizens pursue rights fulfilment - is often overlooked in studies of political behavior, which tend to focus on highly visible, pivotal moments: elections, mass protests, high court decisions, legislative decisions. But what of the politics of …
Locked Out of Development
Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism
Häftad, 2023
317 kr
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This Element argues that the low dynamism of low- to mid-income Arab economies is explained with a set of inter-connected factors constituting a 'segmented market economy'. These include an over-committed and interventionist state with limited fiscal and institutional resources; deep …
Greed and Guns
Imperial Origins of the Developing World
Av Atul Kohli
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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This Element studies the causes and the consequences of modern imperialism. The focus is on British and US imperialism in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries respectively. The dynamics of both formal and informal empires are analyzed. The argument is that imperialism is moved mainly by the …
Everyday Choices
The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development
Häftad, 2022
308 kr
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Scholars and practitioners seek development solutions through the engineering and strengthening of state institutions. Yet, the state is not the only or the primary arena shaping how citizens, service providers and state officials engage in actions that constitute politics and development. These …
Constructing Economic Nationalisms in Brazil and India
Häftad, 2026
284 kr
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While the concept of economic nationalism is frequently deployed it is often poorly defined, posited as the cause of protectionism in some cases while providing a rationale for liberalization in others. This Element provides a more rigorous articulation by analyzing variation in foreign investment …
Claim-Making in Comparative Perspective
Everyday Citizenship Practice and Its Consequences
Av Janice K. Gallagher, Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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Claim-making - the everyday strategies through which citizens pursue rights fulfilment - is often overlooked in studies of political behavior, which tend to focus on highly visible, pivotal moments: elections, mass protests, high court decisions, legislative decisions. But what of the politics of …
Constructing Economic Nationalisms in Brazil and India
Inbunden, 2026
938 kr
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While the concept of economic nationalism is frequently deployed it is often poorly defined, posited as the cause of protectionism in some cases while providing a rationale for liberalization in others. This Element provides a more rigorous articulation by analyzing variation in foreign investment …
Shocks and Politics
Understanding Disaster Preparedness
Inbunden, 2025
911 kr
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When will government elites prepare for natural hazards? Existing research posits that governments will respond to disasters, but rarely have incentives to prepare for them. This Element argues that disaster preparedness can, and does, occur in the context of both motivated ruling elites and a …
Shocks and Politics
Understanding Disaster Preparedness
Häftad, 2025
308 kr
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When will government elites prepare for natural hazards? Existing research posits that governments will respond to disasters, but rarely have incentives to prepare for them. This Element argues that disaster preparedness can, and does, occur in the context of both motivated ruling elites and a …
The Undulating Capacity of the State
Autochthony and Infrastructure Development in African Cities
Inbunden, 2025
911 kr
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This Element weaves together literatures on autochthony and belonging and on African urbanism to shed new light on the ability of the African state to undertake development interventions in some of the most important urban centers on the continent. It explains variations in levels of trust in the …
The Undulating Capacity of the State
Autochthony and Infrastructure Development in African Cities
Häftad, 2025
282 kr
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This Element weaves together literatures on autochthony and belonging and on African urbanism to shed new light on the ability of the African state to undertake development interventions in some of the most important urban centers on the continent. It explains variations in levels of trust in the …
Abandoning Democracy for the Nation
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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This Element contributes to a better understanding of the burning question of why voters support politicians who subvert democracy. Instead of focusing on the usual explanations such as polarization or populism, the Element breaks new ground by focusing on the interplay between democracy and …
Abandoning Democracy for the Nation
Häftad, 2026
282 kr
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This Element contributes to a better understanding of the burning question of why voters support politicians who subvert democracy. Instead of focusing on the usual explanations such as polarization or populism, the Element breaks new ground by focusing on the interplay between democracy and …
Shocks, Democracy, and Rural Unrest
Av Jorge Mangonnet, Maria Victoria Murillo
Inbunden, 2026
910 kr
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Existing perspectives suggest that waves of rural unrest arise as responses to economic and environmental shocks. We propose an integrated framework, grounded in the literature on interest group politics and state-society relations, to explain the dynamics of rural protests by commercial farmers …
Shocks, Democracy, and Rural Unrest
Av Jorge Mangonnet, Maria Victoria Murillo
Häftad, 2026
284 kr
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Existing perspectives suggest that waves of rural unrest arise as responses to economic and environmental shocks. We propose an integrated framework, grounded in the literature on interest group politics and state-society relations, to explain the dynamics of rural protests by commercial farmers …
The Theoretical Foundations of Democracy Studies
Concepts, Causes, and Outcomes
Inbunden, 2026
903 kr
Kommande
Focusing on democracy studies, this Element considers the different ways in which scholars have responded to fundamental conceptual and theoretical choices in the field and, drawing mainly on various metatheoretical ideas, suggests that some positions are better justified than others. It emphasizes …
Developmental States
Häftad, 2018
317 kr
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The concept of the developmental state emerged to explain the rapid growth of a number of countries in East Asia in the postwar period. Yet the developmental state literature also offered a theoretical approach to growth that was heterodox with respect to prevailing approaches in both economics and …
Coercive Distribution
Av Michael Albertus, Sofia Fenner m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
308 kr
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Canonical theories of political economy struggle to explain patterns of distribution in authoritarian regimes. In this Element, Albertus, Fenner, and Slater challenge existing models and introduce an alternative, supply-side, and state-centered theory of 'coercive distribution'. Authoritarian …
Participation in Social Policy
Public Health in Comparative Perspective
Av Tulia G. Falleti, Santiago L. Cunial
Häftad, 2018
308 kr
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Health is a defining feature of life and its politics vital. Governments and international organizations have promoted community participation in public health since the late 1970s. However, we lack comparative studies of these participatory institutions in public health. This Element proposes a …
Undocumented Nationals
Between Statelessness and Citizenship
Av Wendy Hunter
Häftad, 2019
308 kr
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Understood simply, people are either citizens of a country or stateless. Yet reality belies this dichotomy. Between absolute statelessness and full citizenship exist millions of people who are nationals of a country in principle but lack the identity documents to prove it, beginning with a birth …
Rethinking the Resource Curse
Av Benjamin Smith, David Waldner
Häftad, 2021
308 kr
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This Element documents the diversity and dissensus of scholarship on the political resource curse, diagnoses its sources, and directs scholarly attention towards what the authors believe will be more fruitful avenues of future research. In the scholarship to date, there is substantial regional …
Democracy and Population Health
Häftad, 2020
308 kr
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This Element explores the association between political democracy and population health. It reviews the rise of scholarly interest in the association, evaluates alternative indicators of democracy and population health, assesses how particular dimensions of democracy have affected population …
Criminal Politics and Botched Development in Contemporary Latin America
Av Andreas E. Feldmann, Juan Pablo Luna
Häftad, 2023
282 kr
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This Element investigates the relationship between the narcotics industry and politics and assesses how it influences domestic political dynamics, including economic development prospects in Latin America. It argues that links between criminal organizations, politicians, and state agents give rise …
A Chinese Bureaucracy for Innovation-Driven Development?
Av Alexandre De Podestá Gomes, Tobias ten Brink
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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This Element scrutinizes the attempts by the Chinese party-state bureaucracy since the 2000s to advance innovation and technological upgrading. It examines insights from the developmental state debate - the need for a bureaucracy to achieve internal coherence and the capacity of that bureaucracy …
Varieties of Nationalism
Communities, Narratives, Identities
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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Nationalism has long been a normatively and empirically contested concept, associated with democratic revolutions and public goods provision, but also with xenophobia, genocide, and wars. Moving beyond facile distinctions between 'good' and 'bad' nationalisms, the authors argue that nationalism is …
Power and Conviction
The Political Economy of Missionary Work in Colonial-Era Africa
Häftad, 2023
308 kr
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This Element engages with recent attempts by economists and political scientists to rigorously estimate impacts of missionary work in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that, although these efforts contribute to more accurate assessments of the 'true' effects of missionary presence, they also have a …
