Important Articles in the Field
Arthur, W. Brian. 1989. “Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events.” Economic Journal 99(394): 116-131.
Boas, Taylor C. 2007. “Conceptualizing Continuity and Change: The Composite-Standard Model of Path Dependence.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 19(1): 33-54.
Capoccia, Giovanni, and R. Daniel Kelemen. 2007. “The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism.” World Politics 59(3): 341-369.
Collier, Ruth Berins, and David Collier. 1991. "Framework: Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies." Chapter 1 in Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
David, Paul. 1985. "Clio and the Economics of QUERTY." American Economic Review. 75(2): 332-337.
Eldredge, Niles, and Stephen Jay Gould. 1972. “Punctuated Equilibria: An Alternative to Phyletic Gradualism,” pp. 82-115, in Thomas J.M. Schopf (ed.), Models in Paleobiology. San Francisco, CA: Freeman, Cooper & Co.
Krasner, Stephen D. 1984. “Approaches to the State: Alternative Conceptions and Historical Dynamics.” Comparative Politics 16(2): 223-246.
Krasner, Stephen D. 1988. “Sovereignty: An Institutional Perspective.” Comparative Political Studies 21(1): 66-94.
Mahoney, James. 2000. “Path Dependence in Historical Sociology.” Theory and Society 29(4): 507-548.
North, Douglass C. 1991. “Institutions.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 5(1): 97-112.
Pierson, Paul. 2000. “Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics.” American Political Science Review 94(2): 251-267.
Slater, Dan, and Erica Simmons. 2010. “Informative Regress: Critical Antecedents in Comparative Politics.” Comparative Political Studies 43(7): 886-917.
Soifer, Hillel David. 2012. “The Causal Logic of Critical Junctures.” Comparative Political Studies 45(12): 1572-1597.
Boas, Taylor C. 2007. “Conceptualizing Continuity and Change: The Composite-Standard Model of Path Dependence.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 19(1): 33-54.
Capoccia, Giovanni, and R. Daniel Kelemen. 2007. “The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism.” World Politics 59(3): 341-369.
Collier, Ruth Berins, and David Collier. 1991. "Framework: Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies." Chapter 1 in Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
David, Paul. 1985. "Clio and the Economics of QUERTY." American Economic Review. 75(2): 332-337.
Eldredge, Niles, and Stephen Jay Gould. 1972. “Punctuated Equilibria: An Alternative to Phyletic Gradualism,” pp. 82-115, in Thomas J.M. Schopf (ed.), Models in Paleobiology. San Francisco, CA: Freeman, Cooper & Co.
Krasner, Stephen D. 1984. “Approaches to the State: Alternative Conceptions and Historical Dynamics.” Comparative Politics 16(2): 223-246.
Krasner, Stephen D. 1988. “Sovereignty: An Institutional Perspective.” Comparative Political Studies 21(1): 66-94.
Mahoney, James. 2000. “Path Dependence in Historical Sociology.” Theory and Society 29(4): 507-548.
North, Douglass C. 1991. “Institutions.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 5(1): 97-112.
Pierson, Paul. 2000. “Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics.” American Political Science Review 94(2): 251-267.
Slater, Dan, and Erica Simmons. 2010. “Informative Regress: Critical Antecedents in Comparative Politics.” Comparative Political Studies 43(7): 886-917.
Soifer, Hillel David. 2012. “The Causal Logic of Critical Junctures.” Comparative Political Studies 45(12): 1572-1597.
Important Books in the Field - links to Amazon.com
Collier, Ruth Berins, and David Collier. 1991. Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and the Regime Dynamics in Latin America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Gould, Andrew C. 1999. Origins of Liberal Dominance: State, Church, and Party in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Hacker, Jacob S., and Paul Pierson. 2010. Winner-Take-All Politics. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
Karvonen, Lauri, and Stein Kuhnle (eds.). 2000. Party Systems and Voter Alignments Revisited. New York, NY: Routledge.
Lipset, Seymour M., and Stein Rokkan. 1967. Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-National Perspectives. New York, NY: Free Press.
Luebbert, Gregory M., 1991. Liberalism, Fascism, or Social Democracy: Social Classes and the Political Origins of Regimes in Interwar Europe. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Mahoney, James. 2001. The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Mahoney, James, and Kathleen Thelen. 2009. Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Morgan, Glenn, John L. Campbell, Colin Crouch, Ove Kaj Pedersen and Richard Whitley (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
North, Douglass C. 1990. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Roberts, Kenneth M. 2015. Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Schickler, Eric. 2001. Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Scully, Timothy R. 1992. Rethinking the Center: Party Politics in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chile. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Silva, Eduardo, and Federico M. Rossi (eds.). 2018. Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Skocpol, Theda. 1979. States and Social Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. 1968. Constructing Social Theories. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace.
Streeck, Wolfgang, and Kathleen A. Thelen. 2005. Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Yashar, Deborah. 1997. Demanding Democracy: Reform and Reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s - 1950s. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Gould, Andrew C. 1999. Origins of Liberal Dominance: State, Church, and Party in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Hacker, Jacob S., and Paul Pierson. 2010. Winner-Take-All Politics. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
Karvonen, Lauri, and Stein Kuhnle (eds.). 2000. Party Systems and Voter Alignments Revisited. New York, NY: Routledge.
Lipset, Seymour M., and Stein Rokkan. 1967. Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-National Perspectives. New York, NY: Free Press.
Luebbert, Gregory M., 1991. Liberalism, Fascism, or Social Democracy: Social Classes and the Political Origins of Regimes in Interwar Europe. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Mahoney, James. 2001. The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Mahoney, James, and Kathleen Thelen. 2009. Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Morgan, Glenn, John L. Campbell, Colin Crouch, Ove Kaj Pedersen and Richard Whitley (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
North, Douglass C. 1990. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Roberts, Kenneth M. 2015. Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Schickler, Eric. 2001. Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Scully, Timothy R. 1992. Rethinking the Center: Party Politics in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chile. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Silva, Eduardo, and Federico M. Rossi (eds.). 2018. Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Skocpol, Theda. 1979. States and Social Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. 1968. Constructing Social Theories. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace.
Streeck, Wolfgang, and Kathleen A. Thelen. 2005. Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Yashar, Deborah. 1997. Demanding Democracy: Reform and Reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s - 1950s. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
