The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions

by Rhodes, R. A. W.; Binder, Sarah A.; Rockman, Bert A.

• ISBN13: 9780199548460
• ISBN10: 0199548463
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions has returned to its place in the sun. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of where we are in the study of political institutions, covering both the traditional concerns of political science with constitutions, federalism and bureaucracy and more recent interest in theory and the constructed nature of institutions. The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions draws together a galaxy of distinguished contributors drawn from leading universities across the world.

Author Biography

R. A. W. Rhodes is Director of the Research School of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Australian National University.
Sarah A. Binder is Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Bert A. Rockman is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Department at Purdue University.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction
Elaborating the "New Institutionalism"	p. 3
Approaches
Rational Choice Institutionalism	p. 23
Historical Institutionalism	p. 39
Constructivist Institutionalism	p. 56
Network Institutionalism	p. 75
Old Institutionalisms	p. 90
Institutions
The State and State-building	p. 111
Development of Civil Society	p. 131
Economic Institutions	p. 144
Exclusion, Inclusion, and Political Institutions	p. 163
Analyzing Constitutions	p. 191
Comparative Constitutions	p. 217
American Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations	p. 239
Comparative Federalism	p. 261
Territorial Institutions	p. 281
Executives-The American Presidency	p. 303
Executives in Parliamentary Government	p. 323
Comparative Executive-Legislative Relations	p. 344
Public Bureaucracies	p. 366
The Welfare State?	p. 385
The Regulatory State?	p. 407
Legislative Organization	p. 431
Comparative Legislative Behavior	p. 455
Bicameralism	p. 474
Comparative Local Governance	p. 495
Judicial Institutions	p. 514
The Judicial Process and Public Policy	p. 535
Political Parties In and Out of Legislatures	p. 555
Electoral Systems	p. 577
Direct Democracy	p. 595
International Political Institutions	p. 611
International Security Institutions: Rules, Tools, Schools, or Fools?	p. 633
International Economic Institutions	p. 654
International NGOs	p. 673
Old and New
Encounters with Modernity	p. 693
About Institutions, Mainly, but not Exclusively, Political	p. 716
Thinking Institutionally	p. 731
Political Institutions-Old and New	p. 743
Index	p. 759
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