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State, Institutions and Democracy

Contributions of Political Economy

  • Presents original and innovative contributions on state, institutions and democracy in the field of political economy
  • Combines historical evidence, institutional analysis, mathematical models and empirical analysis in an interdisciplinary approach
  • Written by leading political economists and political scientists from Europe, America and Asia

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

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Bargaining, Lobbying and State Capture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Bargaining with Outside Options

      • Ken Binmore, Jon X. Eguia
      Pages 3-16
    3. Lobbying Mechanisms

      • Martin Gregor
      Pages 17-52
  3. Democracy, Participation and Electoral Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. The Rhetoric and Reality of Austerity: Electoral Politics in Britain 2010 to 2015

      • Paul Whiteley, Harold D. Clarke, Marianne Stewart
      Pages 79-103
    3. Measuring Direct Democracy

      • Nadia Fiorino, Roberto Ricciuti, Fulvio Venturino
      Pages 143-158
    4. Political Participation in Rural India: A Village Level Study

      • Vani K. Borooah, Anirudh Tagat
      Pages 159-191
    5. Elections with International Relations Dominance

      • Jan Klingelhöfer
      Pages 193-203
  4. State and Public Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
    2. Is There a Doctor in the House?

      • Jani-Petri Laamanen, Mikko Poutanen, Katri Sieberg
      Pages 225-249
    3. Civil Service and the Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of Iberian Countries (2008–2013)

      • Enrique José Varela-Álvarez, Joaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves de Araújo, Óscar Briones Gamarra
      Pages 271-292
  5. Cases of Institutional Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
    2. The Economic Effects of the Implementation of the Greek Adjustment Plan in the Great Recession

      • Inmaculada Carrasco, Carmen Córcoles, John McCombie
      Pages 349-362

About this book

This book presents a set of original and innovative contributions on state, institutions and democracy in the field of political economy. Modern political economy has implied the interaction between politics and economics to understand political, electoral and public issues in different nations, and in this volume a group of leading political economists and political scientists from Europe, America and Asia provides theoretical advances, modelling and case studies on main topics in political economy.


The analysis of the role and performance of politics and democracy in diverse nations implies the study of the organization of the state, lobbying, political participation, public policies, electoral politics, public administration and the provision of public services. This book provides advances in the research frontier of these topics and combines historical evidence, institutional analysis, mathematical models and empirical analysis in an interdisciplinaryapproach. Political and social scientists, economists and those interested in the performance of states, democracy and elections can find new research results in this volume.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Norman Schofield

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

    Gonzalo Caballero

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