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 …

▪ Abstract This paper reviews a range of approaches to the analysis of government
termination, by any account a very important substantive concern for political science. One …

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 …

A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies,
including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe. It updates and radically extends …

Scholars for a long time theorized about the role of political leaders, but empirical research
has been limited by the lack of systematic data about individual leaders. Archigos is a new …

With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures,
languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the …

Research on government formation in parliamentary democracies is replete with theoretical
arguments about why some coalitions form while others do not. Unfortunately, this …

Is African politics characterized by concentrated power in the hands of a narrow group
(ethnically determined) that then fluctuates from one extreme to another via frequent coups …

Der bundesdeutsche Parteienwettbewerb hat sich in den letzten Jahren und damit seit der
Veröffentlichung der ersten Auflage dieses Buches im Herbst 2011 stark verändert. So führte …

With the end of the Cold War, the International Monetary Fund emerged as the most
powerful international institution in history. But how much influence can the IMF exert over …