This Element provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and
institutions in the politics of public policy with the aim of contributing to the study of the …

We study ethnic favoritism in a global sample and rely on nighttime light intensity to capture
a broad range of preferential policies targeted towards the political leaders' ethnic …

A vast economics literature embraces taxation of the carbon content of fossil fuels as the
superior policy approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, experience …

This article takes stock of and reviews the comparative literature on blame avoidance
strategies in social policy reform to identify the conditions under which blame avoidance …

There is no one-size-fits-all decentralized fix to deeply divided and conflict-ridden states.
One of the hotly debated policy prescriptions for states facing self-determination demands is …

Cet ouvrage propose une histoire environnementale comparée de la nation. L'auteur
démontre qu'au-delà des contextes, l'invention de la nature vise bien souvent à renforcer les …

Most quantitative, comparative welfare state research assumes that subnational welfare
regimes are irrelevant or identical to their national counterparts. Many qualitative case …

Despite decades of efforts to combat homelessness, many people continue to experience it
in Canada's major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to …

In der vergleichenden Regierungslehre wird die „föderale Demokratie “nicht als
eigenständiger Typus betrachtet. Daher blieb auch das Verhältnis von Föderalismus und …

What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about
policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a country. It …