title: The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions (Oxford Handbooks)
author:  R. A. W. Rhodes 
description: <br />"The thoughtful essays in the handbooks are far more than literature reviews. Scholars and students will find them to be an invaluable resource for many years to come."--Morris P. Fiorina, Senior, Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
zlib_text: the oxford handbook of
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  POLITICAL
  INSTITUTIONS
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  Edited by
  R. A. W. RHODES
  SARAH A. BINDER
  and
  BERT A. ROCKMAN
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  the oxford handbook of
  POLITICAL
  INSTITUTIONS
  
  t h e
  o x f o r d
  h a n d b o o k s
  o f
  p o l i t i c a l
  s c i e n c e
  General Editor: Robert E. Goodin
  The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books
  oVering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of all the main branches of
  political science.
  The series as a whole is under the General Editorship of Robert E. Goodin, with
  each volume being edited by a distinguished international group of specialists in their
  respective Welds:
  P O L I T I C A L T H E O RY
  John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig & Anne Ph