Books in the New Comparative Politics series

Tracks adherence to and defiance of presidential term limits in all types of regimes around the world since 1960. Drawing on original data collection and fieldwork to investigate the factors that encourage playing by or manipulating the rules, he asks what is at stake for the chief executive if he relinquishes office.

In this volume, experts on Latin American public opinion and political behaviour employ region-wide public opinion studies, elite surveys, experiments, and advanced statistical methods to reach several key conclusions about voting behaviour in the region's emerging democracies.

Examines the critical role ethnic and national identities play in politics, utilizing the case of Taiwan. Critiquing the conventional interpretation of politics as an ideological battle between liberals and conservatives, The Taiwan Voter demonstrates in Taiwan the party system and voters' responses are shaped by one powerful determinant of national identity - the China factor.

Reformers have promoted mixed-member electoral systems as the "best of both worlds." In this volume, internationally recognised political scientists evaluate the ways in which the introduction of a mixed-member electoral system affects the configuration of political parties.

Strategic choices allow small parties to balance their interests and achieve success

Considers how democracy works, or fails to work, in ethno-culturally divided societies. This book advances a new theoretical approach to assessing the quality of democracy in divided societies, and puts it into practice with the focused comparison of two divided democracies - Estonia and Latvia.

Why do some states provide infrastructure and social services to their citizens, and others do not? In Development in Multiple Dimensions, Alexander Lee examines the origins of success and failure in the public services of developing countries.