In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

  • The Contributors

David Lazer is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has written on the dynamics of network formation in a variety of political contexts and is currently completing a book manuscript on the spread of preferential trade agreements.

Anna Seleny is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. She has published several articles on political-economic transformation in Eastern Europe and recently completed a book manuscript on state-society relations in the region, entitled, “The Practice of Reform and the Meaning of Revolt: From Communism to Democracy, 1949–1999.” Her current research focuses on the successful construction of social democracies under exceptional conditions in Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Arthur A. Goldsmith is Professor of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and faculty associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development. He currently directs a survey of business and government perceptions of the business climate in several African countries.

Andrew Reynolds is Assistant Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a Fellow of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace Studies. His most recent books have been Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa (1999) and (as editor) Election ‘99 South Africa; From Mandela to Mbeki (1999). He has written on issues of democratization and constitutional design in Southern Africa and consulted on issues of electoral system design in Africa, Europe, and Asia. His current research is a global study of democratization and constitutional design in plural societies since 1945.

...

Share