Social scientists have sketched four distinct theories to explain a phenomenon that appears
to have ramped up in recent years, the diffusion of policies across countries. Constructivists …

The twin concepts of state sovereignty and international anarchy underlie much of
contemporary theorizing about world politics. For many theorists, the absence of a central …

488 over time among the members of a social system." This quite general formulation
includes communication and influence processes operating both on and within populations …

Here is an accessible, up-to-date guide to event history analysis for researchers and
advanced students in the social sciences. The foundational principles of event history …

Built upon decades of experience at the frontiers of history and social science, Charles Tilly's
newest book offers innovative methods and approaches that are applicable in a wide range …

Between the early seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, major European political
thinkers first began to look outside their national borders and envisage a world of …

This article analyzes the rise and diffusion of the new order of regulatory capitalism. It offers
an analytical and historical analysis of relations between capitalism and regulation and …

The role of international law in global politics is as poorly understood as it is important. But
how can the international legal regime encourage states to respect human rights? Given that …

In this 2003 book, Gil Merom argues that modern democracies fail in insurgency wars
because they are unable to find a winning balance between expedient and moral tolerance …

This article explores many of the key theoretical and analytical issues attending empirical
research on state sovereignty. It reviews recent research on sovereignty, the state, and state …