The Contributors
- The Contributors
John Gerring is a professor of political science at Boston University. He is the author of Party Ideologies in America, 1828–1996 (1998), Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework (2001), Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (2007), A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance (2008), Concepts and Method: Giovanni Sartori and His Legacy (2009), Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework (2012), “Global Justice: A Prioritarian Manifesto” (in process), and “Democracy and Development: A Historical Perspective” (in process), along with numerous articles. He can be reached at jgerring@bu.edu.
Daniel Ziblatt is a professor of government at Harvard University. He is the author of Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism (2006) and coeditor of The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies (2010). He is currently completing a book entitled, “Conservative Political Parties and the Birth of Modern Democracy in Europe.” He can be reached at dziblatt@fas.harvard.edu.
Johan Van Gorp is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Political Science Department at Boston University. He is currently working on his dissertation, “Discursive Institutionalism and Political Change in the Netherlands.” He can be reached at johan.van.gorp@gmail.com.
Julián Arévalo received his Ph.D. in political science from Boston University in May 2011. His work focuses on Latin American political economy and studies the interplay between ideas and the formation of political values and attitudes. He can be reached at jarevalob@gmail.com.
Tariq Thachil is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. His research interests include examining the linkages between political parties and ordinary voters, ethnic and religious politics, and patterns of public spending in poor democracies. He is currently completing a book manuscript based on his doctoral dissertation, examining how religious nationalists can win over poor communities using social services. He can be reached at tariq.thachil@yale.edu.
Daniel Sabbagh is a senior research fellow at Sciences Po, Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (ceri) umr cnrs no. 7050. He is the author of Equality and Transparency: A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law (2007). He can be reached at sabbagh@ceri-sciences-po.org.
Han Dorussen is a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. His current research interests include the relationship between trade and conflict, peacekeeping operations and the governance of postconflict societies, and policy convergence and burden sharing in the European Union. He can be reached at hdorus@essex.ac.uk.
Lawrence Ezrow is an associate professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. He has written on democracy, political representation, elections, political parties, party strategies, and political institutions. His most recent book is Linking Citizens and Parties (2010). He can be reached at ezrow@essex.ac.uk.
Hugh Ward is a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. His recent work applies social network theory to international cooperation and conflict. He can be reached at hugh@essex.ac.uk.
Ulrich Krotz is a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, and an assistant professor of political science at Brown University. He is author of Flying Tiger: International Relations Theory and the Politics of Advanced Weapons (2011) and History [End Page ii] and Foreign Policy in France and Germany (forthcoming). He is now working on two different book projects and a range of articles in the areas of European foreign and security policy and “Europe in the world”; Franco-German relations and their impact on the history and politics of European integration; and shifts and continuities in contemporary world politics. He can be reached at ukrotz@wcfia.harvard.edu.
Richard Maher is a Max Weber postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute for the 2011–12 academic year. He recently completed a Ph.D. in the Political Science Department at Brown University. His dissertation examines the alliance security dilemma under unipolarity. His research areas include alliances, nuclear weapons, and energy security. He can be reached at richard_maher@brown.edu. [End Page iii]
