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Fields of research:

Books:

 

Markus M. L. Crepaz (2008) Trust beyond Borders.  Immigration, the  Welfare State and Identity in Modern Societies. The University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor, MI. 

 

Markus M. L. Crepaz and Juerg Steiner (2009). European Democracies (6th Edition). Pearson/Longman Publishers, New York, NY.

 

Markus M. L. Crepaz, Koelble, T., & Wilsford, D. (Eds).  (2000).  Democracy and Institutions - The Life Work of Arend Lijphart. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Articles:

        Crepaz, M.M. L. and R. Damron (2009). "Constructing Tolerance: How the Welfare State shapes Attitudes about Immigrants". Comparative Political Studies. 42, 437-463. 

        Crepaz M.M.L.and Crepaz, Nicole. (2004) "Is equality good medicine? A curvilinear explanation of the impact of income inequality on longevity". Journal of Public Policy. 24: 275-298.

        Crepaz, M.M.L. and Moser, Ann (2004). The Impact of Collective and Competitive Veto Points on Public Expenditures in the Global Age. Comparative Political Studies. 37:259-285

        Crepaz, M.M.L. (2002). Norms, Functions, and Dialectics: The process of European Integration: a reply to Bogaards. European Union Politics:3:357-381.

        Crepaz, M.M.L. (2002).Domestic and External Constraints on Austrian Corporatism: Challenges and Opportunities. Acta Politica. 37: 157-174.

        Crepaz, M.M.L. (2002). Global, Constitutional, and Partisan Determinants of Redistribution in 15 OECD Countries. Comparative Politics. Vol. 34:169-188.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (2001). Veto Players, Globalization and the Redistributive Capacity of the State: A Panel Study of 15 OECD Countries. Journal of Public Policy. Vol. 21: 1-22.

        Crepaz, M. M. L., & Betz, H. G. (1999).  Postindustrial Cleavages and Electoral Change in an Advanced Capitalist Democracy: The Austrian Case in Guenter Bischof, Anton Pelinka, and Dieter Stiefel, (Eds., pp. 506-532), The Marshall Plan in Austria (Contemporary Austrian Studies. Vol. 8).  New Brunswick: Transaction.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1998). Inclusion vs. Exclusion: Political Institutions and the Welfare State. Comparative Politics. 31:61-80.

        Birchfield, V., & Crepaz, M. M. L. (1998). The Impact of Constitutional Structures and Collective and Competitive Veto Points on Income Inequality in Industrialized Democracies.  European Journal of Political Research. 34:175-200.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1996).  Consensus vs. Majoritarian Democracy: Political Institutions and their Impact on Macroeconomic Performance and Industrial Disputes. Comparative Political Studies. 29:4-26.  

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1996).  Constitutional Structures and Regime Performance in 18 Industrialized Democracies - A Test of Olson's Hypothesis.  European Journal of Political  Research. 29: 87-104.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1996).  Of Principals, Agents and the Decline of Austrian Corporatism: The Anatomy of Legitimacy Crises in a Highly Corporatist System.  Current Politics and Economics of Europe. 5: 187-203.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1995).  An Institutional Dinosaur: Austrian Corporatism in the Postindustrial Age.  West European Politics, 18:No. 4, 64-88.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1995).  Explaining National Variations in Air Pollution Levels: Political Institutions and their Impact on Environmental Policy Making.  Environmental Politics. 4: 391-414.

        Crepaz, M. M. L., & Lijphart, A. (1995). Linking and Integrating Corporatism and Consensus Democracy: Theory, Concepts, and Evidence.  British Journal of Political Science. 25: 281-289.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1994). From Semisovereignty to Sovereignty: The Decline of Corporatism and Rise of Parliament in Austria. Comparative Politics. 27: 45-65.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1992).  Corporatism in Decline? An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Corporatism on Macroeconomic Performance and Industrial Disputes in 18 Industrialized Democracies.  Comparative Political Studies, 25: 139-168.

        Lijphart, A., & Crepaz, M. M. L. (1991).  Corporatism and Consensus Democracy in Eighteen Countries: Conceptual and Empirical Linkages.  British Journal of Political Science, 21:235-246.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (1990).  The impact of party polarization and postmaterialism on voter turnout. A comparative study of 16 industrial Democracies",  European Journal of Political Research, 18: 183-205.  

Book chapters: 

        Crepaz M. M. L. (2008). "Reflections on a Recipe for Democracy in Africa". in: Culture and Democracy in Africa. Abdullahi Osman and Lioba Moshi (Eds.). Abbey and Adonis. London. 

        Crepaz, M. M. L. (2006). "If you are my brother, I may give you a dime. Public opinion on multiculturalism, trust and the welfare state". in: Multiculturalism Policies and the Welfare State. Edited by: Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka. Oxford University Press.

        Crepaz, M.M.L.(2002). Domestic and External Constraints on Austrian Corporatism: Challenges and Opportunities. (Special Book Edition: Spring/Summer). Acta Politica. Boom Press: Amsterdam.

        Crepaz, M. M. L.  (2001)."Austria" in: The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Second Edition. (pp. 56-57) Oxford University Press.

        Crepaz, M. M. L. and Vicki Birchfield (2000). Global economics, local politics: Lijphart's Theory of consensus Democracy and the Politics of Inclusion. In Markus M. M. L Crepaz, Thomas A. Koelble, and David Wilsford (Eds.),  Democracy and Institutions - The Life Work of Arend Lijphart (pp. 197-224). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Book reviews:   

(2004): John D. Huber and Charles Shipan. Deliberate Discretion. Cambridge University  Press. Cambridge, UK. in: Journal of Public Policy. 24:2 253-255.

(2002) Duane Swank. Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. in: Journal of Public Policy. 22:1 102-104

(2002) Susan J. Pharr and Robert Putnam. Disaffected Democracies: What's troubling the Trilateral Countries? Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. in: American Political Science Review. 96.1 246-247.

 

By invitation:

Presented a talk on "Globalisierung, Obama und Vertrauen im Walgau" in June 2009, at the Senntum, Nenzinger Himmel, Nenzing, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Presented research on the mediating effects of trust and immigration on welfare attitudes in modern societies  in April 2009, at Austin College, Texas.

Presented research on veto points in the summer of 2004 at the University of Lueneburg, Germany.

Presenter in the "State and Capitalism" seminar at the Center for European Studies presenting: "The impact of collective and competitive veto points on Taxation and Redistribution in the Global Age". Harvard University. March 2002.

Lecturer at the Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies, July 30 to August 4, 2001. University of Oslo, Norway.

Center for Democratic Performance: Presentation: "Globalization, Political Institutions, and the redistributive capacity of the state", SUNY Binghamton, Nov. 1999.

Center for European Studies: Presentation: "Challenges and Opportunities for Austrian Corporatism", Harvard University, May 1998.

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin: "Explorations into the consequences of constitutional structures on regime performance in 18 industrialized democracies", August 1994. Science Center Berlin, Germany.

Membership on Editorial Boards:

Elected to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Public Policy (2002).

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