Runaway state-building: patronage politics and democratic development
The concept and causes of runaway state-building -- Constraining government patronage : different logics of party competition -- The runaway state-building phenomenon : patronage politics and bureaucratic rationalization -- Remaking the regions : the Europeanization of the state or domestic politics as usual? -- Local control : local parties and local state administrations -- A runaway welfare state? : postcommunist welfare politics -- Exporting the argument : party competition and state effectiveness in other new democracies