This paper surveys the range of formal theories that have been developed in recent years to
accommodate and explain various legislative practices. The newer theories, especially …

▪ Abstract We review arguments and empirical evidence in the comparative literature that
bear on the differences in the survival rates of parliamentary and presidential democracies …

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

Many of the fundamental questions in social science entail an examination of the role played
by social institutions. Why do we have so many social institutions? Why do they take one …

In this controversial book, Keith Krehbiel investigates and casts doubt upon a view of
Congress held by many academics, journalists, and members of the lay public: that …

The politics of coalition--the very heart of the political process in most European countries--
can be analyzed either theoretically or empirically. Multiparty Government reconciles these …

Paradigms and Sand Castles demonstrates the relationship between thoughtful research
design and the collection of persuasive evidence in support of theory. It teaches the craft of …

This book develops an integrated approach to understanding the American economy and
national elections. Economic policy is generally seen as the result of a compromise between …

Institutional approaches to explaining political phenomena suffer from three common
limitations: reductionism, reliance on exogenous factors, and excessive emphasis on order …

Game theory is the mathematical analysis of strategic interaction. In the fifty years since the
appearance of von Neumann and Morgenstern's classic Theory of Games and Economic …