Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Human Dimension of Comparative Research -- 2. The Past and Present of Comparative Politics -- THE INTERVIEWS -- 3. Structural Functionalism and Political Development -- 4. The Critical Spirit and Comparative Historical Analysis -- 5. Normative Theory, Empirical Research, and Democracy -- 6. Political Regimes and the Quest for Knowledge -- 7. Order and Conflict in Global Perspective -- 8. Political Institutions, Divided Societies, and Consociational Democracy -- 9. Democratization, Political Engagement, and Agenda-Setting Research -- 10. Corporatism, Democracy, and Conceptual Traveling -- 11. Peasants, Power, and the Art of Resistance -- 12. Democratic Governance and the Craft of Case-Based Research -- 13. Capitalism, Democracy, and Science -- 14. Markets, Politics, and Choice -- 15. Critical Junctures, Concepts, and Methods -- 16. Culture, Rationality, and the Search for Discipline -- 17. States, Revolutions, and the Comparative Historical Imagination -- Appendix: Date and Location of the Interviews -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.