Comparative Politics

Daniele Caramani, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Zurich

Daniele Caramani is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Zurich. He is the author of The Nationalization of Politics (Cambridge University Press 2004)-awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences-and The Europeanization of Politics (Cambridge University Press 2015) as well as of Introduction to the Comparative Method with Boolean Algebra (Sage, 'Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences' 2009) and the handbook and CD-ROM Elections in Western Europe since 1815 (Palgrave 2000). He is co-director of the Constituency-Level Data Archive (CLEA) which received the APSA 'Dataset Award'.

0. Introduction to Comparative Politics, Daniele Caramani
Section I: Theories and Methods
1. The Relevance of Comparative Politics, Bo Rothstein
2. Approaches in Comparative Politic, B. Guy Peters
3. Comparative Research Methods, Paul Pennings
Section II: The Historical Context
4. The Nation-State and Multicultural Citizenship, Atzuko Ichijo
5. Democracies, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
6. Authoritarian Regimes, Natasha Lindstaedt
Section III: Structures and Institutions
7. Legislatures, Amie Kreppel
8. Governments and Cabinets, Wolfgang C Müller
9. Constitutions, Rights, and Judicial Power, Alec Stone Sweet
10. Democratic Innovations, Nicole Curato
11. Elections and Representation, Orit Kedar
12. Multilevel Governance, iesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, and Arjan H. Schakel
Section IV: Actors and Processes
13. Political Parties, Richard S. Katz
14. Party Systems, Daniele Caramani
15. Interest Groups, Roland Erne
16. Social Movements, Dieter Rucht
17. Political Culture, Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart
18. Political Participation, Herbert Kitschelt and Philipp Rehm
19. Political Communication, Frank Esser and Barbara Pfetsch
Section V: Public Policies
20. Policy Making, Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun
21. The Welfare State, Kees van Kersbergen and Philip Manow
22. The Impact of Public Policies, Jane Gingrich
Section VI: Beyond the Nation-State
23. The EU as a New Political System, Simon Hix
24. Globalization and the Nation-State, Georg Sørensen
25. Promoting and Protecting Democracy, Julia Leininger and Solveig Richter