Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions

Adrian Vatter, Rahel Freiburghaus, Markus Hinterleitner, Fritz Sager, Kathleen Thelen, Mark Bevir, Claudius Wagemann, Josep M. Colomer, Antonio La Viña, John D. Wilkerson, Jorge M. Fernandes, Yael Shomer, Matthew S. Shugart, Herbert J. Kitschelt, Philipp Rehm, Jan Beyers, William Maloney, Marco Giugni, Maria Grasso, Laia Castro Herrero, Sina Blassnig, Rudy B. Andeweg, B. Guy Peters, Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Sean Mueller, David Altman, Kimmo Grönlund, Maija Setälä, Nathalie Behnke, Arthur Benz, Arjan H. Schakel, Alexander Verdoes, Lee Epstein, Urska Sadl, Keren Weinshall, Astrid Lorenz, Carl H. Knutsen, Jan Teorell, Steffen Ganghof, Julian Bernauer, Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín, Jacob G. Hariri, Mogens K. Justesen, Oksana Huss, Alice Mattoni, Fernanda Odilla, Julian Erhardt, Markus Freitag

This comprehensive Handbook presents a broad range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives on the comparative study of political institutions. Exploring cutting-edge developments in the field, it provides new insight into the significant diversity and impact of political institutions across space and time. Highlighting the omnipresence of political institutions in today’s world, this Handbook covers both traditional and emerging institutions and traces the intricate relationships between them. Expert contributors analyse the design, functioning and transformation of political institutions, and identify their impacts on public policy, economic development and the quality of democracy. Adopting a holistic approach, they examine the foundations of the field alongside a carefully curated set of institutional case studies. The Handbook also outlines a forward-looking...