Theory-driven comparative analysis: Dead on the gurney or lost in the shuffle?

In: Studies in comparative international development, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 111-130

Abstract

Three books are reviewed: 1. Challenging the State: Crisis and Innovation in Latin America and Africa, by Merilee S. Grindle, 2. Democracy Within Reason: Technocratic Revolution in Mexico, by Miguel Angel Centeno, and 3. Privatization and Political Change in Mexico, by Judith A. Teichman.