The SAGE handbook of comparative politics / edited by Todd Landman and Neil Robinson.

Distinctiveness of comparative research / Charles C. Ragin and Claude Rubinson -- Global comparative methods / Paul Pennings, Hans Keman, and Jan Kleinnijenhuis -- Case studies / Darren Hawkins -- Is there a quantitative-qualitative divide in comparative politics? The case of process tracing / James A. Caporaso -- Establishing equivalence / Jan W. van Deth -- Comparative political sociology / Willfried Spohn -- Comparative institutional analysis / Vivien A. Schmidt -- Comparative political economy / Thomas Plümper -- Contribution of area studies / Stephen E. Hanson -- Comparative politics and international relations / John M. Hobson -- Post-industrial democracies : political economy and democratic partisan competition / Herbert Kitschelt -- Government formation / Wolfgang C. Müller -- Institutional design / Josep M. Colomer -- Comparative political behaviour : what is being compared? / Shaun Bowler -- Changes in the causes of democratization through time / Barbara Geddes -- Political culture / Christian Welzel -- Revolution / Jack A. Goldstone -- Social movements / Vincent Boudreau and David S. Meyer -- Corruption / Paul Heywood -- Electoral authoritarianism / Andreas Schedler -- Elecoral corruption / Sarah Birch -- Comparative federalism / David McKay -- Human rights / Todd Landman -- Governance / Philip Keefer -- Terrorism / Jennifer S. Holmes -- Comparative regional integration and regionalism / Fredrik Söderbaum -- Transitional justice / Paola Cesarini -- Globalization of comparative public opinion research / Pippa Norris.is.

Includes bibliographical references and index.