The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (HCPI)
is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to our
accumulated knowledge and the cutting edge of scholarship about
political institutions in the comparative context. It differs from
existing handbooks in that it focuses squarely on institutions but
also discusses how they intersect with the study of mass behaviour
and explain important outcomes, drawing on the perspective of
comparative politics. The Handbook is organized into three
sections: The first section, consisting of six chapters, is
organized around broad theoretical and empirical challenges
affecting the study of institutions. It highlights the major issues
that emerge among scholars defining, measuring, and analyzing
institutions. The second section includes fifteen chapters, each of
which handles a different substantive institution of importance in
comparative politics. This section covers traditional topics, such
as electoral rules and federalism, as well as less conventional but
equally important areas, including authoritarian institutions,
labor market institutions, and the military. Each chapter not only
provides a summary of our current state of knowledge on the topic,
but also advances claims that emphasise the research frontier on
the topic and that should encourage greater investigation. The
final section, encompassing seven chapters, examines the
relationship between institutions and a variety of important
outcomes, such as political violence, economic performance, and
voting behavior. The idea is to consider what features of the
political, sociological, and economic world we understand better
because of the scholarly attention to institutions. Featuring
contributions from leading researchers in the field from the US,
UK, Europe and elsewhere, this Handbook will be of great interest
to all students and scholars of political institutions, political
behaviour and comparative politics. Jennifer Gandhi is Associate
Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University. Ruben
Ruiz-Rufino is Lecturer in International Politics, Department of
Political Economy, King's College London.
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