At a time when social scientists are increasingly focusing on the reasons why nations fail and de...

This book identifies the criteria for successful constitutions in both theory and practice using ...

Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770–1823) ...

This book assesses the originality of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom’s research program, e...

He suggests that the mafia emerged only in some parts of Sicily and was never a single overarchin...

Sabetti argues that poor government performance in contemporary Italy has been an unintended cons...

Nineteenth-century Italy is a vast, unexplored territory in the history of modern political th...

At a time when social scientists are increasingly focusing on the reasons why nations fail and de...

Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770–182...

Nineteenth-century Italy is a vast, unexplored territory in the history of modern political thoug...

Each essay shows how particular countries, governments, and organizations devise constitutions to...

People the world over aspire to self-rule, especially when living under domination, conquest, and...