The publisher's policy is to use permanent paper from mills that operate a sustainable
forestry policy, and which has been manufactured from pulp processed using acid-free and …

Northern governments and NGOs are increasingly convinced that civil society will enable
people in developing countries to escape the poverty trap. Civil Society and the Aid Industry …

This article contributes to the study of the politics of patronage appointments by creating a
typology of patronage roles based on the nature of trust between patrons and appointees …

Are housing provision systems in southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece)
different from those in northern Europe? Answering this question requires a way of …

Монография представляет собой обобщение теории и методологии сравнительных
политических исследований в послевоенный период на Западе. В ней анализируются …

Did foreign aid impede or catalyze democratization in Africa in the 1990s? We argue that
after the Cold War, donors increased their use of technical assistance in aid packages …

В учебнике раскрываются основные тенденции и проблемы развития современной
сравнительной политологии. Особое внимание уделяется методологическим и …

An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one
influential man's life. A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia …

This book examines civic activism, democratization and gender in contemporary Russian
society. It describes the character and central organizing principles of Russian democratic …

* Trabajo preparado para la Comisión de Reforma del Estado del Centro de Estudios
Públicos. La investigación ha contado con el apoyo financiero de la Fundación Tinker de …