Agent-based models (ABMs) provide a methodology to explore systems of interacting,
adaptive, diverse, spatially situated actors. Outcomes in ABMs can be equilibrium points …

Politicians' engagement with climate change is the focus of an emerging literature, but this
research has not been subjected to systematic analysis. To address this important gap, we …

Formal models are commonly used in natural resource management (NRM) to study human-
environment interactions and inform policy making. In the majority of applications, human …

Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the
previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional …

Does culture have a causal effect on economic development? The data on European
regions suggest that it does. Culture is measured by indicators of individual values and …

" An irrational passion for dispassionate rationality will take all the joy out of life," wrote the
economist John Maurice Clark a century ago. Canonical rational choice theory has been a …

This article presents, discusses and tests the hypothesis that it is the number of parties that
can explain the choice of electoral systems, rather than the other way around. Already …

Der bundesdeutsche Parteienwettbewerb hat sich in den letzten Jahren und damit seit der
Veröffentlichung der ersten Auflage dieses Buches im Herbst 2011 stark verändert. So führte …

In the years since P eter H all's seminal 1993 article “P olicy P aradigms, S ocial L earning
and the S tate” appeared, the ideational research agenda has expanded enormously, to the …

Nada autoriza tratar o sistema político brasileiro como singular. Coalizões obedecem e são
regidas pelo princípio partidário. O presidente, que teve seu poder institucional reforçado …