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Government Responsiveness and Political Competition in Comparative Perspective
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 309-337
ISSN: 1552-3829
Governments in democratic systems are expected to respond to the issue preferences of citizens. Yet we have a limited understanding of the factors that cause levels of responsiveness to vary across time and between countries. In this article, the authors suggest that political contestation is the primary mechanism driving policy responsiveness and that this, in turn, is mediated by political institutions and government popularity. To test this proposition, the authors analyze the responsiveness of executive policy promises (speeches) and policy actions (public expenditure) in Britain, Denmark, and the United States in the period from 1970 to 2005. These time-series analyses show that higher levels of political contestation are associated with more responsive executives.
Government Responsiveness and Political Competition in Comparative Perspective
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 309-337
ISSN: 1552-3829
Governments in democratic systems are expected to respond to the issue preferences of citizens. Yet we have a limited understanding of the factors that cause levels of responsiveness to vary across time and between countries. In this article, the authors suggest that political contestation is the primary mechanism driving policy responsiveness and that this, in turn, is mediated by political institutions and government popularity. To test this proposition, the authors analyze the responsiveness of executive policy promises (speeches) and policy actions (public expenditure) in Britain, Denmark, and the United States in the period from 1970 to 2005. These time-series analyses show that higher levels of political contestation are associated with more responsive executives. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2008.]
Trends in Political Science Research and the Progress of Comparative Politics
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 50, Heft 4, S. 979-984
ISSN: 1537-5935
ABSTRACT
This article illustrates major trends in political science research and frames the progress of research agendas in comparative politics. Drawing on the titles and abstracts of every article published in eight major political science journals between 1906 and 2015, the study tracks the frequency of references to specific keywords over time. The analysis corresponds to and complements extant descriptions of how the field has developed, providing evidence of three 'revolutions' that shaped comparative politics—the divorce of political science from history during its early years, a behavioral revolution that lasted until the late 1960s, and a second scientific revolution after 1989 characterized by greater empiricism. Understanding the development of the subdiscipline, and viewing it through the research published in political science over the last 100 years, provides useful context for teaching future comparativists and encourages scholars to think more broadly about the research traditions to which they are contributing.
Comparative Political Science: Scientific Comparison in Political Knowledge System
In: Političeskie issledovanija: Polis ; naučnyj i kul'turno-prosvetitel'skij žurnal = Political studies, Heft 4, S. 162-175
ISSN: 1026-9487, 0321-2017
Teaching Political Economy in Political Science: A Review of International and Comparative Political Economy Syllabi
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 729-734
ISSN: 1537-5927
The duality of approach that characterizes teaching International Political Economy(IPE) & Comparative Political Economy(CPE) in American universities is explored in terms of positive political economy versus structuralist approaches to argue that the disciplinary field as strongly defined by questions & texts of 15-25 years ago. A comparative review of 36 syllabi of IPE & CPE identifies the general definition as an "intertwining of politics & economics", & the primary dividing line as geographic scale. Analysis of IPE characterizes the field as dominated by several versions of the state centric approach which share a common empirical core with a liberal tenor, a thematic prevalence of hegemonic stability theory (HST) & protectionism, & a sidelining of the sectoral politics of money that is a failure to present rival theoretic explanations. The less prevalent CPE field presents a "varieties of capitalism" framework or a more liberal oriented thematic approach that share an empirical core of relative economic performance, divergent state institutional structure, & a common comparative approach. Increased mutual exchange is asserted to benefit the IPE & CPE fields, as well as a closer engagement with political economy outside political science to embrace the multidisciplinary promise of the 1970's as Marx' moral science. References. J. Harwell
Government Responsiveness and Political Competition in Comparative Perspective
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 309-337
ISSN: 0010-4140
European political institutions: a comparative government reader
In: Van Nostrand political science series
SUBDISCIPLINE: COMPARATIVE POLITICS: The Problem of Identity in Modern Comparative Political Science
In: Političeskie issledovanija: Polis ; naučnyj i kul'turno-prosvetitel'skij žurnal = Political studies, Heft 1, S. 134-139
ISSN: 1026-9487, 0321-2017
Review Article: Comparative Political Science and the Study of Education
In: British journal of political science, Band 41, Heft 2, S. 413-443
ISSN: 1469-2112
The study of education has long been a neglected subject in political science. Recently, however, scholarly interest in the field has been increasing rapidly. This review essay introduces the general readership to this burgeoning literature with a particular focus on work in comparative public policy and political economy. Particular topics discussed are the historical and political foundations of contemporary education systems, the political and institutional determinants of education policies, the internationalization and Europeanization of education, the political economy of skill formation in varieties of capitalism and the effects of education policies. The article also introduces scholarship in related disciplines such as economics, sociology and comparative education sciences, and points out avenues for future interdisciplinary dialogue between political science and these disciplines.
Feminist Comparative Policy: Leading European Political Science into the Future
In: European political science: EPS ; serving the political science community ; a journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 67-77
ISSN: 1680-4333
First, a summary is offered of Feminist Comparative Policy (FCP) as a relatively cohesive field of emphasis in political science that has emerged from European events largely impelled by European political scientists. The second part considers how FCP fulfills the standards for an effective political science. In arguing for the significance of FCP for European political science, the paper seeks overall to highlight a subfield that has been commonly overlooked or regarded in a parodic or stereotyped fashion. This contribution participates in the ongoing challenge of these pervasive sexist & trivializing attitudes by demonstrating how feminist comparative research is practiced & the role of FCP scholarship within current European political science. References. K. Coddon
European Political Institutions: A Comparative Government Reader
In: International affairs, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 577-578
ISSN: 1468-2346
THE POLITICS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE: THE CASE OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATIVE STUDIES
In: Political studies, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 1-24
ISSN: 0032-3217
POLITICS IS A FEATURE OF ANY ASSOCIATIONAL ACTIVITY BUT POLITICAL SCIENTISTS SELDOM SYSTEMATICALLY EXAMINE POLITICS WITHIN THEIR OWN PROFESSION. AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENT, ESSENTIALLY IN THE US IN THE 1970S, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPARATIVE, LEGISLATIVE STUDIES, AFFORDS A CONVENIENT CASE-STUDY. AN OUTCOME OF TITLE IX OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT,L ITS EXAMINATION ENTAILS UNCOVERING DIFFERENT STRANDS OF INTEREST AND OF DOCTRINE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT (SPECIFICALLY THE US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT) AND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND ALSO WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.