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The Political Economy of Governance

Institutions, Political Performance and Elections

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Norman Schofield

    1. Department of Political Science, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA

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  2. Gonzalo Caballero

    1. Faculty of Economics, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

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  • Provides insights in the research frontier of contemporaneous political economy
  • Presents studies aimed at understanding the governance of nations
  • Showcases advances in democratic performance and voting
  • Includes both theoretical and empirical analysis of relevant cases in political economy
  • Contains studies in institutional analysis that propel the integration of politics and economics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Political Economy (POEC)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Demand for Wealth-Reducing Institutional Change: The Role of Ideas and Interests

      • Thráinn Eggertsson
      Pages 3-20

    3. Cultural Legacies: Persistence and Transmission

      • Leonid Peisakhin
      Pages 21-39

    4. Judicial Independence: Evidence from the Philippine Supreme Court (1970–2003)

      • Desiree A. Desierto
      Pages 41-57

    5. Comparative Analysis of Institutional Incentives and Organisational Adjustment of Social Actors in Eight European Countries

      • Rosa Nonell, Iván Medina
      Pages 59-78

    6. The Historical Origins of Regional Economic Inequality in Spain: The Cultural Legacy of Political Institutions

      • David Soto-Oñate
      Pages 79-111

    7. Institutional Change in Spain from Francoism to Democracy: The Effects of the Great Recession

      • Gonzalo Caballero, Marcos Álvarez-Díaz
      Pages 113-140

    8. Institutional Determinants: A Case Study of IMF Programme and Non-programme Countries

      • Omer Javed
      Pages 141-153

  3. Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. An Experimental Study of Jury Voting Behavior

      • Lisa R. Anderson, Charles A. Holt, Katri K. Sieberg, Allison L. Oldham
      Pages 157-178

    3. Trading Portfolios: The Stability of Coalition Governments

      • Betul Demirkaya, Norman Schofield
      Pages 179-191

    4. A Median Activist Theorem for Two-Stage Spatial Models

      • Daniel M. Kselman
      Pages 193-210

    5. No Polarization in Spite of Primaries: A Median Voter Theorem with Competitive Nominations

      • Gilles Serra
      Pages 211-229

    6. Downsian Competition with Assembly Democracy

      • María del Pino Ramos-Sosa, M. Socorro Puy
      Pages 231-249

    7. Rent Seeking and the Size of Parliamentary Majorities

      • Jan Klingelhöfer
      Pages 251-260

    8. A Comment on Choice Rules and Median Outcomes

      • Jon X. Eguia, Francesco Giovannoni
      Pages 261-265

    9. How Should Votes Be Weighted to Reflect the Existing and “Calculated” Distribution of Voting Power of Weighted Voting Organizations Integrating Different Majority Requirements?

      • Michèle Khouri-Hagot, Bertrand Lemennicier
      Pages 267-289

  4. Elections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Party Activists in the 2009 German Federal Elections

      • Norman Schofield, Anna-Sophie Kurella
      Pages 293-311
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About this book

Understanding the governance of nations is a key challenge in contemporaneous political economy. This book provides new advances and the latest research in the field of political economy, dealing with the study of institutions, governance, democracy and elections. The volume focuses on issues such as the role of institutions and political governance in society, the working of democracy and the electoral performance in several case studies. The chapters involve cutting edge research on many different countries, including the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Spain and the Third World. The authors of the chapters are leading scholars in political economy from America, Europe and Asia.

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“This volume presents important work that challenges existing theories and evidence on institutions, democracy and elections. The chapters contribute to our understanding on the persistent effect of historical institutions on current institutions and on the decisions of different economic and political actors; on how governments are forced to induce changes in institutions and how these changes may take decades to materialize; on how popular demands induce government to make institutional changes that may not be welfare enhancing.” (Maria Gallego, Journal of Economic and Social Thought, Vol. 2 (4), December, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA

    Norman Schofield

  • Faculty of Economics, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

    Gonzalo Caballero

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