Gerardo L. Munck is an associate professor at the School of International Relations, University of Southern California and the author of the award-winning book Authoritarianism and Democratization: Soldiers and Workers in Argentina, 1976-83. Richard Snyder is an associate professor of political science at Brown University and author of Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico.

• Preface1. The Human Dimension of Comparative Research2. The Past and Present of Comparative PoliticsThe Interviews3. Gabriel A. Almond: Structial Functionalism and Political Development4. Barrington Moore, Jr.: The Critical Spirit and Comparative Historical Analysis5. Robert A. Dahl: Normative Theory, Empirical Research, and Democracy6. Juan J. Linz: Political Regimes and the Quest for Knowledge7. Samuel P. Huntington: Order and Conflict in Global Perspective8. Arend Lijphart: Political Institutions, Divided Societies, and Consociational Democracy9. Guillermo O'Donnell: Democratization, Political Engagement, and Agenda-Setting Research10. Philippe C. Schmitter: Corporatism, Democracy, and Conceptual Traveling11. James C. Scott: Peasants, Power, and the Art of Resistance12. Alfred Stepan: Democratic Governance and the Craft of Case-Based Research13. Adam Przeworski: Capitalism, Deomcracy, and Science14. Robert H. Bates: Markets, Politics, and Choice15. David Collier: Critical Junctures, Concepts, and Methods16. David D. Laitin: Culture, Rationality, and the Search for Discipline17. Theda Skocpol: States, Revolutions, and the Comparative Historical ImaginationAppendix: Date and Location of InterviewsReferencesName IndexSubject Index

This distinctive book frequently illuminates the dynamics of major scholars' research agendas (and of their career paths more generally), thus making it highly recommended reading for researchers in this subfield. Choice 2008