Daniele Caramani is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Zurich. He is the author of The Nationalization of Politics (Cambridge University Press 2004)-awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences-and The Europeanization of Politics (Cambridge University Press 2015) as well as of Introduction to the Comparative Method with Boolean Algebra (Sage, 'Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences' 2009) and the handbook and CD-ROM Elections in Western Europe since 1815 (Palgrave 2000). He is co-director of the Constituency-Level Data Archive (CLEA) which received the APSA 'Dataset Award'.
"This comprehensive introduction to comparative politics by top scholars in the field strikes the right balance between theory and the description of actual politics on the ground. There is no doubt that it is a first-class textbook for undergraduate studies. * Dr Carles Boix, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA * An excellent book that engages with the essential concepts of comparative politics. It provides an excellent theoretical basis coupled with a wide range of examples. * Assistant Professor Anna McKeever, Department of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, UK. * This is a first-class textbook on comparative politics, which introduces the key topics in the field in an accessible way, thereby connecting political science ""classics"", recent research, and actual politics. * Assistant Professor Koen Damhuis, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. *"