Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions

Name: Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions
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ISBN: 9780199548460

ISBN-10: 0199548463

ISBN-13: 9780199548460

Edition: 2008

Authors: R. A. W. Rhodes, Sarah A. Binder, Bert A. Rockman

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The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions has returned to its place in the sun. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of where we are in the study of political institutions, covering both the traditional concerns of political science with constitutions, federalism and bureaucracy and more recent interest in theory and the constructed nature of institutions. The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions draws together a galaxy of distinguished contributors drawn from leading universities across the world.

Book details

List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 836
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.69" long x 1.63" tall
Weight: 3.190

#60;b#62;R. A. W. Rhodes#60;/b#62; is Professor of Government in the School of Government at the University of Tasmania, Honorary Professorial Fellow in Political Science at the University of Melbourne, and Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Newcastle, UK. Rhodes was the editor of #60;i#62;Public Administration#60;/i#62; from 1986 to 2011.



About the Contributors


Preface



Introduction



Elaborating the "New Institutionalism"




Approaches



Rational Choice Institutionalism




Historical Institutionalism




Constructivist Institutionalism




Network Institutionalism




Old Institutionalisms




Institutions



The State and State-building




Development of Civil Society




Economic Institutions




Exclusion, Inclusion, and Political Institutions




Analyzing Constitutions




Comparative Constitutions




American Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations




Comparative Federalism




Territorial Institutions




Executives-The American Presidency




Executives in Parliamentary Government




Comparative Executive-Legislative Relations




Public Bureaucracies




The Welfare State?




The Regulatory State?




Legislative Organization




Comparative Legislative Behavior




Bicameralism




Comparative Local Governance




Judicial Institutions




The Judicial Process and Public Policy




Political Parties In and Out of Legislatures




Electoral Systems




Direct Democracy




International Political Institutions




International Security Institutions: Rules, Tools, Schools, or Fools?




International Economic Institutions




International NGOs




Old and New



Encounters with Modernity




About Institutions, Mainly, but not Exclusively, Political




Thinking Institutionally




Political Institutions-Old and New



Index