Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 The Concept and Causes of Runaway State-Building -- 2 Constraining Government Patronage: Different Logics of Party Competition -- 3 The Runaway State-Building Phenomenon: Patronage Politics and Bureaucratic Rationalization -- 4 Remaking the Regions: The Europeanization of the State or Domestic Politics as Usual? -- 5 Local Control: Local Parties and Local State Administrations -- 6 A Runaway Welfare State? Postcommunist Welfare Politics -- 7 Exporting the Argument: Party Competition and State Effectiveness in Other New Democracies -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- 1 Data on the Number of State Administrative Personnel -- 2 Data on Salaries -- 3 Interview Sample -- 4 Data Used to Calculate Party System Fractionalization -- 5 Countries Used in Cross-National Comparison -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.