Comparative Political Studies articles from June 1998

Comparative Political Studies archives from June 1998

The cost of intraparty competition: the single, nontransferable vote and money politics in Japan.
June 1, 1998... Many scholars argue that Japan's personalistic, factionalized, and money-laden politics have been driven by the imperatives of the single, nontransferable vote (SNTV) system used for lower house elections (until the rules were changed in...

Democracy and religious politics: evidence from Belgium.
June 1, 1998... It is a common belief that religious fundamentalism--the appeal for a return to the literal reading of a holy text and its application to politics and society--is a major threat to democracy. Concern about the expansion and impact of...

Internationalization and changes in tax policy in OECD countries: the importance of domestic veto players. (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
June 1, 1998... In the late 1980s, a wave of apparent tax reform swept the industrialized world. The most visible changes concerned income taxes: Beginning with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 in the United States, every Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

Internationalization and the social democratic model: crisis and future projects.
June 1, 1998... The years since 1980 have not been good ones for European social democracy. The decade began with the 180-degree policy turnaround of the Mitterrand government in France; the exit of the German, Dutch, Danish, and Belgian social democrats...

Heroic Defeats: The Politics of Job Loss.
June 1, 1998... Miriam A. Golden, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 195 pp. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $18.95. Why do some unions react to mass layoffs by engaging in industrial action, whereas others acquiesce? Moreover, why do unions initiate...

In the Mirror of the Third World: Capitalist Development in Modern Europe.
June 1, 1998... Sandra Halperin, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. 296 pp. Cloth $39.95; paper, $16.95. From an imaginative perspective, Halperin asks us to view European economic development through the lens of Third World dependency theory....

The State Against Society: Political Crises and Their Aftermath in East Central Europe.
June 1, 1998... Grzegorz Ekiert, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. 435 pp. Cloth, $59.50; paper, $19.95. This book is an impressive effort at understanding the years following the three most visible crises facing East Central Europe's...