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Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 82.50Since they were pioneered in the 1970s by Robert Keohane and others, the broad range of neoliberal institutionalist theories of international relations have grown in importance. In an increasingly globalized world, the realist and neorealist focus on states, military power, conflict, and anarchy has more and more given way to a recognition of the... more...
Internationalization and Domestic Politics
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 39.00This volume focuses on the effects of the internationalization of national markets on domestic politics. more...
Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 60.00Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. These agreements foster economic integration among member states by enhancing their access to one another's markets. Yet despite the importance of PTAs... more...
Politics after Neoliberalism
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 26.00This book analyzes fresh evidence from Southern Mexico about the effects of this global wave of policy reforms. The analysis shows that free-market reforms, rather than unleashing market forces, trigger the construction of different types of new regulatory institutions with contrasting consequences for economic efficiency and social justice. more...
Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 36.00This study examines the process by which the seemingly impossible in 1987 - the disintegration of the Soviet state - became the seemingly inevitable by 1991, providing an original interpretation not only of the Soviet collapse, but also of the phenomenon of nationalism more generally. more...
Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 38.00The establishment of electoral systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan presents both a complex set of empirical puzzles and a theoretical challenge. Why did three states with similar cultural, historical, and structural legacies establish such different electoral systems? How did these distinct outcomes result from strikingly similar institutional... more...
State in Society
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 28.00The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's 'state-in-society' approach. This approach illuminates how power is exercised around the world, and how and when patterns of power change. The essays situate the approach within the classic literature in political science, sociology, and related disciplines. more...
Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 27.00Due to economic crises, labor parties followed economic policies that hurt labor unions during the 1990s, such as trade liberalization and privatization. This book explains why labor unions resisted on some occasions, and submitted on others, and the consequences of their actions by studying three countries: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. more...
Mandates and Democracy
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 24.00If politicians want to be reelected or see their party reelected at the end of their term, why would they impose unpopular policies? Susan Stokes develops a model of policy switches and tests it with statistical and qualitative data from Latin American elections over the last two decades. more...
Stuffing the Ballot Box
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 47.00Stuffing the Ballot Box is a pioneering study of electoral fraud and reform. It focuses on Costa Rica, a country where parties gradually transformed a fraud-ridden political system into one renowned for its stability and fair elections by the mid-twentieth century. more...









