There is little consensus on whether foreign aid can reliably increase economic growth in
recipient countries. We review the literature on aid allocation and provide new evidence …

China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has
fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant …

Is foreign aid an effective instrument of soft power? Does it generate affinity for donor
countries and the values they espouse? This article answers these questions in the context …

There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical
element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear …

Process tracing is a method that aims to trace causal mechanisms as they play out in real-
world cases using in-depth case studies. The analytical focus is on understanding the …

Despite the dominant narrative of the repression of civil society in China, Civil Society under
Authoritarianism: The China Model argues that interactions between local officials and civil …

In the wake of the Cold War, democracy has gained the status of a mantra. Yet there is no
consensus about how to conceptualize and measure regimes such that meaningful …

What are the determinants of democratization? Do the factors that move countries toward
democracy also help them refrain from backsliding toward autocracy? This book attempts to …

John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It
offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of …

The variation in the efficacy of governance-related authority structures is stunning. The focus
among scholars primarily on domestic conditions, and only secondarily on the external …