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Cambridge University Press Conflict of Interest and Public Life
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Cambridge University Press Decentralized Authoritarianism in China
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Cambridge University Press Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union
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Cambridge University Press A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance
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Cambridge University Press Legislative Voting and Accountability Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press From War to Democracy
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Cambridge University Press The Political Economy of Trust Institutions Interests and Interfirm Cooperation in Italy and Germany Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Book SynopsisTrust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust's relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular informal institutions - can affect trust without reducing it to fully determine expectations. It then shows how this theory can be applied to comparative political economy, and in particular to explaining inter-firm cooperation in industrial districts, geographical areas of intense small firm collaboration. The book compares trust and cooperation in two prominent districts in the literature, one in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and the other in Baden-WÃrttemberg, Germany. It also sets out and applies a theory of how national informal institutions may change as a result of changes in global markets, and shows how similar mechanisms may explain persistent distrust too among Sicilian Mafiosi.Trade Review“Farrell’s The Political Economy of Trust is a tour de force. His book takes us through the burgeoning literature on social trust, social capital, institutions, and networks. Farrell has done us a service by clearly distinguishing among these terms, carefully carving out a distinct analytical space for each concept, and identifying their respective explanatory purchase. One of his main goals is to show that the concept of trust provides a deeper understanding of cooperation than institutions by themselves. He succeeds brilliantly. “Farrell’s masterful treatment of the literatures on social capital, culture, and rational choice approaches to institutions provides us with a more complete picture of the causes and consequences of institutions. His case studies of firms in Emilia Romagna, Italy and Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, along with his final chapter on the Mafia in Sicily provide the ideal material to illustrate his complex ideas and demonstrate their empirical grounding.” -James A. Caporaso, University of Washington“Henry Farrell’s important book is a crucial contribution to the literature on social trust, and will be particularly influential among those seeking to understand the roots of coordinated market arrangements in advanced political economies. Boldly bridging the divide between rational-choice microfoundations and institutionalist macro-theorizing, while also bringing in culturalist perspectives, Farrell shows how trust can be grounded in informal institutions that were created for quite different reasons than the production or sustenance of cooperation. In doing so, he provides a powerful new way of understanding the role of trust in social, political, and economic life.” -Jacob S. Hacker, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. A theory of institutions and trust; 3. Varieties of capitalism and industrial districts; 4. Trust and institutions in industrial districts; 5. Accounting for change in informal institutions; 6. Informal institutions without trust: relations among Mafiosi in Sicily; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Empire of Difference The Ottomans in Comparative Perspective
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Cambridge University Press Party Competition Between Unequals
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Cambridge University Press Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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Cambridge University Press Arab Economies in the TwentyFirst Century
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Cambridge University Press Asia America and the Transformation of Geopolitics
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Cambridge University Press Rule By Law
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Cambridge University Press Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China Maos Great Leap Forward Famine and the Origins of Righteous Resistance in Da Fo Village Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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Cambridge University Press Hyperactive Governance
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Cambridge University Press Riding the Populist Wave
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Cambridge University Press The Fall of the Arab Spring
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Cambridge University Press Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
Book SynopsisThis volume shows how populists in government attempt to transform their public administrations to make them to an instrument of anti-liberal rule. It also offers avenues to make our democratic bureaucracies more resilient against the populist challenge.
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Cambridge University Press ClaimMaking in Comparative Perspective
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Cambridge University Press The American Political Economy
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Cambridge University Press Proletarian Lives
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Cambridge University Press Locked Out of Development
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Cambridge University Press Citizenship in Hard Times
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Cambridge University Press After Authoritarianism
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Cambridge University Press The Authoritarian International
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Cambridge University Press The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
Book SynopsisThis book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea, afforded by natural harbors which enhance the mobility of people, goods, capital, and ideas. The extraordinary connectivity of harbor regions thereby affected economic development, the structure of the military, statebuilding, and openness to the world and, through these pathways, the development of representative democracy. The authors'' second argument focuses on the global diffusion of representative democracy. Beginning around 1500, Europeans started to populate distant places abroad. Where Europeans were numerous they established some form of representative democracy, often with restrictions limiting suffrage to those of European heritage. Where they were in the minority, Europeans were more reticent about popular rule and often actively resisted democratization. Where Europeans were entirely absent, the concept of representative democracy was unfamiliar and its practice undeveloped.Trade Review'This book replaces the stereotyped generalizations in comparative politics with something genuinely novel, comparative and historical. A remarkable and exciting innovation.' James Robinson, The Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, University of Chicago'The authors use a wealth of evidence to build a powerful case that the roots of modern democracy as we know it today lie in a long process involving openness to the outside world as well as the diffusion of ideas and practices. As a part of this harbors-a feature of the natural environment-played a prominent role. This is a must read for anyone interested in the deep history of democracy.' David Stasavage, Julius Silver Professor, The Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Deep roots; 2. Democracy; Part II. Maritime geography: 3. Harbors and democracy; 4. Harbors; 5. Regional comparisons; 6. Global analyses; 7. Mechanisms; Part III. European diffusion: 8. Globalization and democracy; 9. European Ancestry; 10. Colonial and post-colonial eras; 11. Global analyses; Part IV. Alternate explanations: 12. Modalities of Geography; 13. Modalities of European diffusion; 14. Economics, Institutions, culture; Part V: Conclusions: 15. A summary view; 16. Connectedness; Appendix A: Variables; References.
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Cambridge University Press Law and Political Economy in China
Book SynopsisApplying a novel theoretical approach, Tamar Groswald Ozery combines law and political economy to deconstruct the role of law in China's market development since 1978. With a vast range of primary sources, Ozery examines the complex, entwined relationships between law, politics and economics to explain corporate development and governance in China.Trade Review'What is the role of law in the dramatic development of Chinese firms and Chinese capital markets in the last decades? Tamar Groswald Ozery explores this critical question by skillfully examining numerous corporate law reforms in China in view of its unique political context. The result is a remarkable book that offers a goldmine of information on Chinese corporate governance, a fascinating account of the different functions of corporate law in China's autocratic party-state system, and new lenses for understanding the relationship between law and development.' Mariana Pargendler, Professor of Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in São Paulo'Groswald Ozery's focus on political power dynamics in China's legal system offers fresh insights into how law has simultaneously enhanced the state's capacity as a market regulator and, crucially, elevated the Party's direct agency in the market. Law and Political Economy in Corporate China is an important contribution to our understanding of China's capital market development.' Curtis J. Milhaupt,, William F. Baxter – Visa International Professor of Law, Stanford Law SchoolTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Economic Development and the Role of Law: 1.1 The Traditional Framework; 1.2 Law and Political Economy: A New Paradigm; Part II. China's Development Trajectory and the Role of Law: 2.1 Early Reform Era (December 1978–1991); 2.2 Legal Modernization Era (1992–2009); 2.3 Legalized Politicization Era (From 2010 to Present); Part III. Law and Political Economy in Corporate China: 3.1 Corporate Governance under Market Experimentation; 3.2 Corporate Governance under State Capitalism; 3.3 Legally Politicized Corporate Governance; 3.4 Legally Politicized Corporate Governance as a Functional Alternative; Conclusions; Appendix: Methodology and Data Selection; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Making Gender Salient
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Cambridge University Press Change in Global Environmental Politics
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Cambridge University Press Change in Global Environmental Politics
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Cambridge University Press Making Gender Salient
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Cambridge University Press Greed and Guns
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Cambridge University Press Legitimacy Politics
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Cambridge University Press A Pandemic of Populists
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Cambridge University Press A Pandemic of Populists
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Cambridge University Press Amending Americas Unwritten Constitution
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Cambridge University Press Hate Speech in Japan
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Immigration Beyond Liberal States
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Cambridge University Press When the People Rule
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Cambridge University Press Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
Book SynopsisA comparative, interdisciplinary volume on the robustness and fragility of political orders that focuses on leader understandings and their consequences. It includes studies of failed orders, like the Weimar Republic and the Soviet Union, current orders, like the United States, regional orders, such as the European Union, and international orders.Trade Review'This timely volume examines the political robustness and fragility of political orders, which has become a pressing issue today. By focusing on the role of leaders at the domestic, regional, and international levels of analysis, this book provides a wealth of historical insights for understanding our present situation.' Brian C. Schmidt, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada'Eight specialists consider the future of democratic governance, providing rich case studies of the conditions under which choices made by political actors have undermined or strengthened the stability of their political orders. A stimulating and suggestive read that generates novel insights.' George Breslauer, University of California, BerkeleyTable of Contents1. Introduction Richard Ned Lebow and Ludvig Norman; 2. Robustness and fragility of political orders Richard Ned Lebow; 3. End of democracy or recurrent conflict: minimalist democracy, legitimacy crisis, and political equality Peter Breiner; 4. Politics and the administrative state: perceptions of stability and fragility in Weimar Germany Paul Petzschmann; 5. Roots in common: the fragility-robustness of democratic and ecological regimes Andrew Lawrence; 6. The end of communist rule in Europe: a comparative perspective on the fragility and robustness of regimes Archie Brown; 7. Democracy's fragility and the European political order: functionalism, militant democracy, and crisis Ludvig Norman; 8. The American Fragility-Robustness Nexus Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia; 9. The perils of choice: structure and agency in EU crisis management Douglas Webber; 10. Conclusion Richard Ned Lebow and Ludvig Norman.
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Cambridge University Press Propaganda in Autocracies
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Cambridge University Press Making Democracy Safe for Business
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Cambridge University Press Governance of a Partystate
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Cambridge University Press American Foreign Policy and Process
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Cambridge University Press The Age of Discontent
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Cambridge University Press Contested Liberalization
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Cambridge University Press Contested Liberalization
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Twin Peaks Financial Regulation
Book SynopsisWith contributions from over thirty leading scholars and senior regulators from around the world, this book is for anyone interested in effective models for financial regulation. It provides a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, cross-jurisdictional and internationally comparative examination of current trends, with an emphasis on the Twin Peaks model.Trade Review'This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of the 'twin peaks' model of financial regulation across multiple jurisdictions, drawing on insights from academics and regulatory practitioners to explore the important question of how the architecture of financial regulation should be organised in order to best achieve its multiple objectives.' Julia Black, CBE, FBA, author of Rules and Regulators'Twin Peaks is a division of regulatory responsibilities first substantially implemented in Australia and now proving increasingly popular around the world. This handbook assembles many leading regulatory scholars to analyse its rise and chart its potential future course. I commend this important contribution to all who are interested in how banking and finance might better be regulated.' Ross Buckley, KPMG-KWM Professor of Disruptive Innovation, UNSW SydneyTable of Contents1. Introduction: the genealogy and topography of Twin Peaks Andrew Godwin and Andrew Schmulow; 2. The three episodes of Twin Peaks Michael W. Taylor; 3. Reflections on twenty years of regulation under Twin Peaks Jeffrey Carmichael; 4. Twin Peaks and central banks: economics, political economy and comparative analysis Donato Masciandaro and Davide Romelli; 5. Twin Peaks in Australia – the never-ending trek? Andrew Godwin, Ian Ramsay and Andrew D. Schmulow; 6. Twin Peaks financial regulation in New Zealand Helen Dervan and Simon Jensen; 7. Identifying lessons and best practices for the Twin Peaks model Marco van Hengel, Olaf Sleijpen and Femke de Vries; 8. Twin Peaks in South Africa Roy Havemann; 9. The role of the SARB as central bank in the South African Twin Peaks model Corlia van Heerden and Gerda van Niekerk; 10. Can the Twin Peaks model of financial regulation serve as a model for Israel? Ruth Plato-Shinar; 11. Towards a Twin Peak regulatory architecture for Hong Kong? Douglas W. Arner, Evan Gibson and Janos Barberis; 12. Regulatory structure and the revolving door phenomenon in South Korea: evidence from the 2011 Savings bank crisis Youkyung Huh and Hongjoo Jung; 13. China: Considering elements of Twin Peaks to upgrade its financial regulation Li Guo and Jessica Cheung; 14. Financial regulatory structure in China: challenges and transitioning to Twin Peaks Robin Hui Huang; 15. US financial regulatory structure: beneath the surface of Twin Peaks Heidi Mandanis Schooner; 16. A 'Twin Peaks' vision for Europe Dirk Schoenmaker and Nicolas Véron; 17. A complex European financial architecture – ten years on Karel Lannoo; 18. Twin Peaks and boiling frogs: consumer protection in one or two ponds? Gail Pearson; 19. Twin Peaks – how should Macro-cultures be regulated? Patrick McConnell; 20. Twin Peaks, macroprudential regulation and systemic financial stability Andrew Godwin, Steve Kourabas and Ian Ramsay.
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