This paper outlines an historical institutionalist (HI) research agenda for planning history. HI
approaches to the understanding of institutions, path dependence, positive feedback effects …

The last decade featured the emergence of a significant and growing literature concerning
comparative-historical methods. This literature offers methodological tools for causal and …

In this article, several scholars of nationalism discuss the potential for the COVID‐19
pandemic to impact the development of nationalism and world politics. To structure the …

Populism and Liberal Democracy is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory about
populism during both its emergence and consolidation phases in three geographical …

Critical juncture analysis is popular in comparative-historical analysis (CHA) since it
provides tools for studying the political origins and reform of important institutional …

Over the past thirty years, a new form of conflict has ravaged Latin America's largest
countries, with well-armed drug cartels fighting not only one another but the state itself. In …

Nineteenth century democracy needs no more complete vindication for its existence than the
fact that it has kept for the white race the best portions of the new world's surface, temperate …

The concept of critical juncture (and synonyms such as “crisis,”“turning point,”“unsettled
times”) has a long pedigree in historical institutionalism. Although, as discussed in this …

This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems
and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of …

What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities
and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping …