Ken Kollman: 2 books
Perils of Centralization
Lessons from Church, State, and Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Ken Kollman examines the histories of the US government, the Catholic Church, General Motors, and the European Union as examples of federated systems that centralized power over time. He shows how their institutions became locked-in to intensive power in...
The Formation of National Party Systems
Federalism and Party Competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding of why a country's party system consists of national or regional parties. They demonstrate that the party systems in...