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The Weatherhead Center has developed a presence on the Internet that, to a growing readership, is playing a significant role in the projection of Harvard scholarship on international affairs. The site: faculty research available through categorical fields of inquiry; searches by author, subject, title or date of publication; Working Papers selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs; In the News links to op-ed and other pieces written by or about the Center’s faculty associates; and Recent Books by faculty associates, including editorial summaries. The Center is always adding to the hundreds of academic articles available on its site and responding to the interests of Center faculty and other users in making the site an indispensable scholarly tool.

Below are a selection of our most recently uploaded publications.

Bankers, Industrialists, and their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization: by Musacchio, Aldo; Read, Ian; The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: December 2007 More

Can Civil Law Countries Get Good Institutions? Lessons from the History of Creditor Rights and Bond Markets in Brazil: by Musacchio, Aldo; Does a legal tradition adopted in the distant past constrain a country’s ability to provide the protection that investors need for financial markets to develop? This paper contributes to the...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: March 2008 More

Rational Choice Politics: by Shepsle, Kenneth A.; Dewan, Torun; Dowding, Keith; The formal modeling techniques of rational choice theory have become central to the discipline of political science, for example with regard to the understanding of the working of legislatures,...; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: January 2009 More

Politics in Plural Societies: A Theory of Democratic Instability: by Shepsle, Kenneth A.; Rabushka, Alvin; This landmark study in the field of comparative politics is being celebrated for its return to print as the newest addition to the "Longman Classics in Political Sciencer" series. Politics in Plural...; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: January 2008 More

The Transnational Studies Reader: Intersections and Innovations: by Levitt, Peggy; Khagram, Sanjeev; In recent years, 'transnationalism' has become a key analytical concept across the social sciences. While theoretical approaches to the study of global social phenomena have traditionally focused on...; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: November 27, 2007 More

Soft News Goes to War: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy in the New Media Age: by Baum, Matthew; The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era, even after 9/11, than at any time since World War II. How can it be, then, that...; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: 2005 More

Positive Changes in Political Science: The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey's Most Influential Writings: by Aldrich, Daniel P.; Alt, James; Lupia, Arthur; Richard D. McKelvey was a pioneer in the use of mathematical modeling for understanding the nature of political choices. Positive Changes in Political Science brings together his most important...; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: September 2007 More

Economic Interests and the Origins of Political Systems: by Iversen, Torben; Cusack, Thomas R.; Soskice, David; The standard explanation for the choice of electoral institutions, building on Rokkan’s seminal work, is that proportional representation (PR) was adopted by a divided right to defend its...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: August 2007 More

Work and Power: The Connection Between Female Labor Force Participation and Female Political Representation: by Iversen, Torben; Rosenbluth, Frances; Low levels of female labor force participation contribute to female underrepresentation in democratic polities, both by reinforcing traditional voter attitudes toward women (a demand-side feature)...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: June 2008 More

Partisan Politics, the Welfare State, and Three Worlds of Human Capital Formation: by Iversen, Torben; Stephens, John D.; The authors propose a synthesis of power resources theory and welfare production regime theory to explain differences in human capital formation across advanced democracies. Emphasizing the mutually...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: April 2008 More

Negotiating free trade: by Aghion, Philippe; Antràs, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan; We develop a dynamic bargaining model in which a leading country endogenously decides whether to sequentially negotiate free trade agreements with subsets of countries or engage in simultaneous...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2007 More

International Human Rights in Context, 3rd edition: by Goodman, Ryan; Steiner, Henry J.; Alston, Philip; The third edition of International Human Rights in Context continues to bring sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis to the study of human rights within its wider social and cultural context.; Publication Type: Book; Published Date: September 2007 More

America needs realists, not William Kristol: by Walt, Stephen M.; Publisher: Salon.com; Publication Type: Op-ed; In its response to letters protesting the recent hiring of hard-line neoconservative William Kristol as a weekly Op-Ed columnist, the New York Times described the decision as the result of a...; Published Date: January 2008 More

Israel's False Friends: by Walt, Stephen M.; Mearsheimer, John; Publisher: Los Angeles Times; Publication Type: Op-ed; U.S. presidential candidates aren't doing the Jewish state any favors by offering unconditional support. Once again, as the presidential campaign season gets underway, the leading candidates are...; Published Date: January 2008 More

Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Critics of "The Israel Lobby": by Walt, Stephen M.; Mearsheimer, John; On March 23, 2006, we published an article titled “The Israel Lobby” in the London Review of Books. A slightly longer, fully documented version titled “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign...; Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper; Published Date: December 12, 2006 More

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