Search Results - "COMISSO, ELLEN"

Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India by Wilkinson, Steven I.

“…Why do ethnic riots break out when and where they do? Why do some governments try to prevent ethnic riots while others do nothing or even participate in the…”
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Creating a Socialist Yugoslavia: Tito, Communist Leadership and the National Question by Hilde Katrine Haug (review) by Comisso, Ellen T

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Age in the Welfare State: The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children by Lynch, Julia

“…This book asks why some countries devote the lion's share of their social policy resources to the elderly, while others have a more balanced repertoire of…”
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Sustaining Abundance: Environmental Performance in Industrial Democracies by Scruggs, Lyle

“…The ultimate goal of environmental policy is reducing pollution. Attention to environmental problems in the social sciences has brought some bold…”
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Procedural Politics: Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union by Jupille, Joseph

“…This book was first published in 2004. Under what conditions, in what ways, and with what effects do actors engage in politics with respect to, rather than…”
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Adventures in Socialism: Research and Life in Yugoslavia and Hungary by Comisso, Ellen

“…Fieldwork studies in Yugoslavia and Hungary revealed different forms and limitations of "market socialism" in the 1980s…”
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Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States by Swank, Duane

“…This book argues that the post-1970 rise in international capital mobility has not contributed to the retrenchment of developed welfare states. Nor has…”
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The Nationalization of Politics: The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe by Caramani, Daniele

“…In an in-depth comparative and long-term analysis, first published in 2004, Daniele Caramani studies the macro-historical process of the nationalization of…”
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Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America by Stokes, Susan C.

“…Sometimes politicians run for office promising one set of policies, and if they win, switch to very different ones. Latin American presidents in recent years…”
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State in Society: Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another by Migdal, Joel S.

“…The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's 'state-in-society' approach. That approach illuminates how power is exercised around the world,…”
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Stuffing the Ballot Box: Fraud, Electoral Reform, and Democratization in Costa Rica by Lehoucq, Fabrice E., Molina, Ivan

“…Stuffing the Ballot Box is a pioneering study of electoral fraud and reform. It focuses on Costa Rica, a country where parties gradually transformed a…”
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Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines by Kang, David C.

“…Why has the literature on Asian development not addressed the issue of money politics in Korea? How can we reconcile the view of an efficient developmental…”
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Redeeming the Communist Past: The Regeneration of Communist Parties in East Central Europe by Grzymala-Busse, Anna M.

“…This major study examines one of the most surprising developments in East Central European politics after the democratic transitions of 1989: the completely…”
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Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe. By Mitchell A. Orenstein. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. 184p. $54.50 cloth, $22.95 paper by Comisso, Ellen

“…Nowadays, it is easy to forget just how pessimistic observers were in 1990 about the possibility of simultaneously introducing capitalism and competitive…”
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J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances M. Rosenbluth, The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan by Comisso, Ellen

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Nations in Transit 1998 by Adriant KaratnyckyAlexander Motyl, Charles Graybow (review) by Comisso, Ellen

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Nations in Transit 1998 by Adriant Karatnycky Alexander Motyl , Charles Graybow (review) by Comisso, Ellen

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Legacies of the Past or New Institutions?: The Struggle Over Restitution in Hungary by COMISSO, ELLEN

“…In a case study of how claims of former owners for the return of nationalized assets were dealt with in Hungary, the explanatory power of theories emphasizing…”
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Legacies of the past or new institutions? by Comisso, Ellen

“…A case study showing how claims of former owners for the return of nationalized assets were dealt with in Hungary is presented. The explanatory power of…”
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Creating a Socialist Yugoslavia: Tito, Communist Leadership and the National Question by Ellen T. Comisso

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