The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics

Introduction Todd Landman and Neil Robinson Part I: Methods and Fields of Comparative Politics The Distinctiveness of Comparative Research Charles C. Ragin and Claude Rubinson Global Comparative Methods Paul Pennings, Hans Keman and Jan Kleinnijenhuis Case Studies Darren Hawkins Is there a Quantitative-Qualitative Divide in Comparative Politics? The Case of Process Tracing James A. Caporaso Establishing Equivalence Jan W. van Deth Comparative Political Sociology Willfried Spohn Comparative Institutional Analysis Vivien A. Schmidt Comparative Political Economy Thomas Pl mper The Contribution of Area Studies Stephen E. Hanson Comparative Politics and International Relations John M. Hobson Part II: Classic Issues in Comparative Politics Postindustrial Democracies: Political economy and democratic partisan competition Herbert Kitschelt Government Formation Wolfgang C. M ller Institutional Design Josep M. Colomer Comparative Political Behaviour: What is being compared? Shaun Bowler Changes in the Causes of Democratization through Time Barbara Geddes Political Culture Christian Welzel Revolution Jack A. Goldstone Social Movements Vincent Boudreau and David S. Meyer Corruption Paul Heywood Part III: New and Emerging Issues in Comparative Politics Electoral Authoritarianism Andreas Schedler Electoral Corruption Sarah Birch Comparative Federalism David McKay Human Rights Todd Landman Governance Philip Keefer Terrorism Jennifer S. Holmes Comparative Regional Integration and Regionalism Fredrik Söderbaum Transitional Justice Paola Cesarini The globalization of comparative public opinion research Pippa Norris