Politics, social theory, history of ideas

Alternatives in Mobilization

Ethnicity, Religion, and Political Conflict

Jóhanna Kristín Birnir | University of Maryland, College Park

This book examines underexplored features of identity and their influence on group mobilization in violent and non-violent political settings. It contains improved empirical descriptions of what the tapestry of ethnicity and religion in the world looks like and offers new explanations for how religion leads to conflict within cultural traditions.

200pp

May. 2022 9781108419840 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108304306

Big Data and the Welfare State

How the Information Revolution Threatens

Social Solidarity

Torben Iversen

This book explores, theoretically and empirically, the consequences of ‘Big Data’ for the politics of social protection. It argues that the information revolution enables the formation of evermore finegrained insurance pools, which in turn threatens the solidarity of the welfare state. The book also considers policies to limit marketization.

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

230pp

May. 2022 9781009151399 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

May. 2022 9781009151368 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 eISBN 9781009151405

Citizenship in Hard Times

How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat

Sara Wallace Goodman | University of California, Irvine

What does it mean to be a good citizen when democracy is threatened? Drawing on extensive survey data from the US, UK, and Germany, this comparative study shows that a citizens’ partisan identity determines how they respond to threats like electoral interference and polarization.

250pp

Jan. 2022 9781009061049 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Jan. 2022 9781316512333 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009058292

Coalitions of the Weak

Victor C. Shih | University of California, San Diego

Through the lens of late-Mao and contemporary elite politics in China, Coalitions of the Weak inquires how leaders of one-party autocracies sought to dominate the elite and achieve true dictatorship, providing an important and previously missing key to understanding elite political development in China in the past sixty years.

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

280pp

Jun. 2022 9781009016513 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99

Jun. 2022 9781316516959 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009022859

Contested Representation

Challenges, Shortcomings and Reforms

Claudia Landwehr | Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany

In the US and other developed democracies, electoral participation has declined, political conflict is increasingly polarized, and democratic institutions are in crisis. Contested Representation provides cutting-edge analyses of the sources and consequences of these developments while exploring opportunities for reform.

SSRC Anxieties of Democracy

320pp

Sep. 2022 9781009267724 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009267694

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Decentralized Governance and Accountability

Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming

Jonathan A. Rodden | Stanford University, California

This book is for those who need a broad overview of contemporary knowledge about decentralized governance and development or are trying to identify gaps in the literature. This volume will be of use to policy practitioners and students in development studies, political economy, and comparative politics.

312pp 9 b/w illus. 5 tables

Apr. 2022 9781108708869 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Feb. 2019 9781108497909 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108615594

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or Dystopia?

The Nordic Model and Its Influence in the 21st Century

Michael A. Livingston | Rutgers University, New Jersey

This book considers the persistence of the Nordic (Scandinavian) Model, especially on the AngloAmerican left. The emphasis is on three areas: human (especially women’s) rights, environment, and cultural innovation. Three case studies –Nordic food and coffee, religious minorities, and Greta Thunberg phenomenon – are considered in additional depth.

165pp

Aug. 2022 9781108708869 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 39.99

Dec. 2021 9781108497312 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781108667432

Everyday Choices

The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development

Ellen M. Lust | Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden

This Element establishes a framework elucidating state and non-state authorities, which is key to knowledge accumulation, designing future research and effective programming. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Elements in the Politics of Development

75pp

Oct. 2022 9781009306126 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009306164

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Extreme Reactions

Radical Right Mobilization in Eastern Europe

Lenka Bustikova | Arizona State University

Extending the study of the populist right to Eastern Europe, this book examines how anger and resentment towards minorities is being exploited in politics. Bustikova details the process by which the acquisition of political power and demand for rights by ascendant minority groups precipitates a backlash of mobilization from the radical right.

312pp 27 b/w illus. 28 tables

Sep. 2022 9781108710824 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99

Oct. 2019 9781108482653 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108697248

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Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa

Gwyneth H. McClendon | New York University

Using Christianity in Africa, this book explores how religion influences political participation, specifically through religious sermons and when citizens experience them repeatedly. It will interest scholars of comparative and African politics, particularly those studying political participation, religion, ethnic politics, and political culture.

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

288pp 33 b/w illus. 21 tables

Mar. 2022 9781108707978 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Nov. 2019 9781108486576 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108761208

Greed and Guns

Imperial Origins of the Developing World

Atul Kohli | Princeton University, New Jersey

This Element studies the causes and the consequences of modern imperialism based on the argument that imperialism is moved mainly by the desire of major powers to enhance their national economic prosperity by undermining sovereignty in peripheral countries and establishing open economic access.

Elements in the Politics of Development

75pp

Oct. 2022 9781009199742 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009199759

Making Bureaucracy Work

Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India

Akshay Mangla | University of Oxford

This book sheds new light on bureaucratic performance and education in developing countries. Through a multi-level comparative analysis of four Indian states, and over two years of ethnographic research, the book opens the ‘black box’ of Indian bureaucracy, revealing how bureaucratic norms interact with social inequalities to shape public services.

Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education

350pp

Nov. 2022 9781009258012 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009258050

Making Gender Salient From Gender Quota Laws to Policy

Ana Catalano Weeks

Do gender quota laws – policies that mandate women’s inclusion on parties’ candidate slates –affect policy outcomes? Making Gender Salient tackles this question by presenting a new theory of when and how gender quotas impact policy. The book tests this theory using mixed methods, with a particular emphasis on Western Europe.

Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics

300pp

Jun. 2022 9781009167833 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009158435

Micro-institutional Foundations of Capitalism

Roselyn Hsueh | Temple University, Philadelphia

Conventional wisdom maintains that regime type, open economy politics, and subnational geographical characteristics shape government–business relations and development outcomes. This study introduces a new theory of pathways to globalization and development, which highlights the analytical utility of investigating at the sectoral level.

422pp

Jun. 2022 9781108459037 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Jun. 2022 9781108472135 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 eISBN 9781108593441

Money in Politics

Simon Weschle | Syracuse University, New York

When and how does money enter politics in different ways, and what consequences does this have? This book explores these questions and offers guidance for those interested in designing policies that effectively address the impact of money on democratic representation and accountability, institutional design, and public policy.

300pp

Jun. 2022 9781009054713 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99

Jun. 2022 9781316511848 Hardback GBP 79.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781009053952

Monitors and Meddlers

How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections

Sarah Sunn Bush | Yale University, Connecticut Forms of foreign intervention around elections differ markedly in terms of when and why they occur, and their legality. This book examines their potential to influence what the authors see as a critical, but understudied, audience: citizens in the countries where elections are held.

280pp

Aug. 2022 9781009204316 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009204262