Table of Contents

Part I. Approaches
1: James March and Johan P. Olsen: Normative Institutionalism
2: Ken Shepsle: Rational Choice Institutionalism
3: Elizabeth Sanders: Historical Institutionalism
4: Colin Hay: Constructivist Institutionalism
5: Chris Ansell: Network Institutionalism
6: R. A. W. Rhodes: Old Institutionalism
Part II. Institutions
7: Bob Jessop: State and State-Building
8: Jose Harris: Development of Civil Society
9: Michael Moran: Economic Institutions
10: Mathew Holden: The Institutions of Social Inclusion and Exclusion
11: Peter Shane: Constitutions
12: Josep Colomer: Constitutions (Comparative)
13: Alberta Sbragia: American Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
14: Brian Galligan: Comparative Federalism
15: Jean Claude Thoening: Territorial Institutions
16: William Howell: Executives - the American presidency
17: R. A. W. Rhodes: Executives in Parliamentary Systems
18: Mathew Shugart: Comparative Executive-Legislative Relations
19: Don Kettl: Public Bureaucracies
20: Jacob Hacker: Welfare State
21: John Braithwaite: The Regulatory State?
22: John Carey: Legislative Organization
23: Ric Uslaner and Thomas Zittel: Legislative Behavior
24: John Uhr: Bicameralism
25: Gerry Stoker: Comparative Local Governance
26: Jim Gibson: Judicial Institutions
27: Kevin McGuire: Judicial Processes
28: John Aldrich: Political Parties
29: Shaun Bowler: Electoral Systems
30: Ian Budge: Institutions of direct democracy
31: Richard Higgott: International Political Institutions
32: John Duffield: International Security Institutions
33: Lisa Martin: International Economic Institutions
34: Ann Florini: International NGOs
Part III. Past and Present
35: Samuel H. Beer: Encounters with Modernity
36: Jean Blondel: About Institutions, Mainly, But Not Exclusively, Political
37: Hugh Heclo: Thinking Institutionally
38: Klaus Von Beyme: Political Institutions - Old and New

About the Author

R. A. W. Rhodes is Director of the Research School of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Australian National University.

Sarah A. Binder is Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

Bert A. Rockman is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Department at Purdue University.

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