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Prof Giovanni Capoccia – Curriculum vitae; page 2 of 12
2006 Best Book in European Politics published in 2005, awarded by the American Political Science
Association (for Defending Democracy. Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe, Johns Hopkins
University Press).
2006 Sage Award for the Best Paper Developing or Applying Qualitative Methods presented at the
2005 Annual Convention of the American Political Science Association. (Paper: “The Study of
Critical Junctures”, co-author D. Kelemen).
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies, special double issue of Comparative Political Studies, August-
September 2010, Vol. 43, n. 8/9, pages 350 (co-edited with D. Ziblatt).
Defending Democracy. Reactions to Extremism in Inter-war Europe, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2005, pages 352. [Paperback 2007, Kindle 2010]
Unified Germany Between Continuity and Renewal. The German Electoral and Party System in the Process of
National Reunification (in Italian), Rome, Bulzoni, 1995, pages 490.
Articles and Book Chapters:
“Militant Democracy. The Institutional Bases of Democratic Self-Preservation”, Annual Review of
Law and Social Sciences, 9, 2013, 207-226.
“When State Reponses Fail: Religion and Secessionism in India 1952-2002” (with L. D. Saez and E.
de Rooij), The Journal of Politics, 74, 4, October 2012, 1010-1022.
“The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and
Beyond” (with D. Ziblatt), Comparative Political Studies, 43, 8/9, August-September 2010, 931-968.
“Germany’s Response to 9/11: The Importance of Checks and Balances”, in Crenshaw, M. (ed.) The
Consequences of Counterterrorist Policies in Democracies, New York, Russell Sage, 2010, pp. 285-334.
“The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative and Counterfactuals in Historical
Institutionalism” (with R. D. Kelemen), World Politics, 59, 3, April 2007, 341-369.
“Lessons from the Past”, in Eatwell, R. and C. Mudde, (eds.), Western Democracies and the New
“Extremist” Challenge, London, Routledge, 2004, pp. 83-107.
(Hebrew version of “Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-
War Europe”, State and Society, N. 1, 2003).
“Legislative Responses to Extremism. The ‘Protection of Democracy’ in the First Czechoslovak
Republic 1920-1938”, East European Politics and Societies, 16, 3, 2002, 691-734.
“The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws: the German System at Fifty”, West European Politics,
25, 3, July 2002, 173-204.
“Anti-system Parties: A Conceptual Reassessment”, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 14, 1, January 2002, 9-
35.
“Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-War Europe”,
European Journal of Political Research, 39, 4, June 2001, 431-460.
“Proportional representation and first-past-the-post election in the German electoral system” (in
Italian), Quaderni di Scienza Politica, 7, 2, August 2001, 99-163.
“Redistricting in Germany: Relevant Legislation and Political Importance” (in Italian), Nomos. Le
Attualità del Diritto, 3, 2-3, May-December 1998, 29-56.