This paper reflects on the literature on courts and politics in Europe and the United States. US-American Political … only recently emerged in Europe. The debates differ not only with regard to the number of articles written, but also with … regard to their content. This paper discusses the different research perspectives that are being pursued on both sides of the …

Political economy and economic sociology have developed in relative isolation from each other. While political economy … focuses largely on macrophenomena, economic sociology focuses on the level of social interaction in the economy. The paper … argues that economic sociology can provide a microfoundation of political economy beyond rational actor theory and behavioral …

factor in a healthy liberal democracy. We ask two questions: 1) do individuals who are members of civil associations vote … thesequestions looking at the experiences of Europe, which has a rich civil society tradition, as well as of Latin America, which …

and severity of the economic crisis and on the design of the reforms, but very much also on the political economy of …: - the power of sections of the economy and polity that will lose from effective implementation; - the political independence …-term. Scenario building integrates other independent trends (e.g. declining power base of a party in power) as well as unforeseeable …

. After a short introduction to the concept of field research several articles about experiences of field studies in China … of their field research in a methodological way. …

). However, the very opacity of such systems of rule as well as practical research obstacles will continue to bedevil the study …