Universities as Political Institutions explores the contested political spaces where universities reside in the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic pre

The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions h

Indhold: The Foundations of American Government; Federalism American Style; Elections in the United States; The American Party System; The Chief Executive; The

The role of institutions is to establish the domains of public activity and the rules to select leaders. Democratic regimes organize in simple institutional fra

Often dismissed as window-dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regi