Rhodes R.A.W., Binder Sarah A., Rockman Bert A. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions

Oxford University Press, 2006. — 816 p. — (Oxford Handbooks of Political Science).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.Part I. Approaches
Normative Institutionalism , James March and Johan P. Olsen
Rational Choice Institutionalism , Ken Shepsle
Historical Institutionalism , Elizabeth Sanders
Constructivist Institutionalism , Colin Hay
Network Institutionalism , Chris Ansell
Old Institutionalism , R. A. W. RhodesPart II. Institutions
State and State-Building , Bob Jessop
Development of Civil Society , Jose Harris
Economic Institutions , Michael Moran
The Institutions of Social Inclusion and Exclusion , Mathew Holden
Constitutions , Peter Shane
Constitutions (Comparative) , Josep Colomer
American Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations , Alberta Sbragia
Comparative Federalism , Brian Galligan
Territorial Institutions , Jean Claude Thoening
Executives - the American presidency , William Howell
Executives in Parliamentary Systems , R. A. W. Rhodes
Comparative Executive-Legislative Relations , Mathew Shugart
Public Bureaucracies , Don Kettl
Welfare State , Jacob Hacker
The Regulatory State? , John Braithwaite
Legislative Organization , John Carey
Legislative Behavior , Ric Uslaner and Thomas Zittel
Bicameralism , John Uhr
Comparative Local Governance , Gerry Stoker
Judicial Institutions , Jim Gibson
Judicial Processes , Kevin McGuire
Political Parties , John Aldrich
Electoral Systems , Shaun Bowler
Institutions of direct democracy , Ian Budge
International Political Institutions , Richard Higgott
International Security Institutions , John Duffield
International Economic Institutions , Lisa Martin
International NGOs , Ann FloriniPart III. Past and Present
Encounters with Modernity , Samuel H. Beer
About Institutions, Mainly, But Not Exclusively, Political , Jean Blondel
Thinking Institutionally , Hugh Heclo
Political Institutions - Old and New , Klaus Von Beyme