Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to
cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton …

Research on democratic party competition in the formal spatial tradition of Downs and the
comparative-historical tradition of Lipset and Rokkan assumes that linkages of accountability …

Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-
communist polities in the mid-1990's, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Polan d …

Through the concept of" social navigation," this book sheds light on the mobilization of urban
youth in West Africa. Social navigation offers a perspective on praxis in situations of conflict …

In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of
Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an untold history of how the elite rivalries and …

Western policymakers, political activists and academics alike see patronage as the chief
enemy of open, democratic societies. Patronage, for them, is a corrupting force, a hallmark of …

Examining the effects of economic and political restructuring on regions in Europe and North
America, the main themes here are: international economic restructuring; political …

Praise for the first edition:"... this masterful and concise volume overviews the range of
approaches social scientists have applied to explain events in the Third World."--Journal of …

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces
and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society …

Like many Third World countries, Nepal's political system transformed from an absolute to a
constitutional monarchy after a mass upsurge had toppled the partyless panchayat regime in …