"Mainstream parties in crisis: the cost of convergence," with Hans Kundnani, Journal of Democracy, 32, 1, January 2021.

"The Causes of Populism in the West," Annual Review of Political Science 2021 24:1 .

"Populism is a Symptom Rather than a Cause: Democratic Disconnect, the Decline of the Center-Left, and the Rise of Populism in Western Europe'" Polity, 51, 4, 2019.

"Populism and the Decline of Social Democracy," with Maria Snegovaya, Journal of Democracy, 30, 3, July 2019.

"The PipeDream of Undemocratic Illiberalism," Journal of Democracy, 28, 3, July 2017.

"The Lost Left," Journal of Democracy, 27, 4, October 2016.

"Ideational Theorizing in the Social Sciences Since 'Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State," Governance, 23, 6, 2013.

"European Disintigration? Warnings from History," Journal of Democracy, 23, 4, October 2012.

"Social Democracy and the Creation of the Public Interest," Critical Review, 23, 2, 2012.

"The Primacy of Politics versus the Primacy of Economics: Understanding the Ideological Dynamics of the Twentieth Century," Perspectives on Politics, 7, 3, September 2009.

"Taming Extremist Parties: The Lessons from European Communism," Journal of Democracy, 18, 5, January 2008.

" The Vain Hope for Correct Timing," Journal of Democracy, 19, 3, July 2007.

(Read the entire debate on "Sequencing" from the Journal of Democracy.)

" How Democracies Emerge: Lessons from Europe," Journal of Democracy, 19, 1, January 2007.

" Violence, Conflict and Civil Society," Mittelweg 36, Spring 2006.

" Islamism, Revolution and Civil Society," Perspectives on Politics, 1, 2, June 2003.

" The Roots and Rationale of Social Democracy," Social Philosophy & Policy, 20, 1, 2003.

"Modernization in Historical Perspective: The Case of Imperial Germany"," World Politics, 53, 3, April 2001.

" Ideas, Norms and Culture in Political Analysis," Comparative Politics, 33, 2, January 2001.

" Path Dependency and Political Action: Re-examining Responses to the Depression," Comparative Politics, 30, 4, July 1998.

" The Life of the Party," Comparative Politics, 30, 1, October 1997.

" Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic," World Politics, 49, 3, April 1997.

" Civil Society and Political Institutionalization," American Behavioral Scientist, 40, 5, March/April 1997.

"The Challenge of State Building in Historical Perspective," The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government, Andreas Bågenholm, Monika Bauhr, Marcia Grimes, and Bo Rothstein, eds. (Oxford 2021).

"Foreward," Why the Left Loses. The Decline of the Centre-left in Comparative Perspective (Policy Press, 2018).

"Institutions and the Consolidation of Democracy in Europe," in Orfeo Fioretos, Tulia Falleti and Adam Sheingate, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism (Oxford 2016).

"Social Solidarity and Transformative Politics," in Olaf Cramme, Patrick Diamond and Michael McTernan, eds., Progressive Politics After the Crash (I.B. Tauris, 2013)

"Social Democracy and Democracy Promotion," in Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki, eds., Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion (Routledge, 2011)

"Social Democracy's Historic Achievement," in Jim Cronin, George Ross, and James Shoch, edsl, What's Left of the Left? (Duke University Press, 2011)

"Understanding the Origins of Ideology: The Case of European Social Democracy," in Daniel Beland and Robert Cox, eds., Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research (Oxford University Press, 2010)

"Re-integrating the Study of Civil Society and the State," in Zoltan Barany and Robert Moser, eds., Is Democracy Exportable? (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

"Extremism is a Symptom Rather than a Cause: Understanding How Democratic Actors and Institutions Paved the Way for the Nazi Rise to Power," Justice 66, Spring 2021.

Critical Dialogue with Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson on Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe. From the Ancien Regime to the Present Day and The Narrow Corridor, Perspectives on Politics, 18, 3, 2020.

Revisiting "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic" HistPhil, May 2020.

Critical Dialogue with Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson on Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe. From the Ancien Regime to the Present Day and The Narrow Corridor, Perspectives on Politics, 18, 3, 2020.

"A discussion of Steve Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt's How Democracies Die," Perspectives on Politics, 16, 4, December 2018.

"Review of Kurt Weyland's Making Waves," Journal of Democracy, April 2016.

"State Building and Democratization," Comparative Democratization Newsletter, 12, 2, May 2014.

Review of W Rand Smith, Enemy Brothers, Perspectives on Politics, March 2014.

“Symposiumon John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness, The Journal of Politics, 75, 2, April 2013.

Review of Kevin Callahan's Demonstration Culture: European Socialism and the Second International, American Historical Review, 117, 2, April 2012.

"Review of Francis Fukuyama's The Origins of Political Order," Journal of Democracy, October 2011.

"Review of John Callaghan, Nina Fishman, Ben Jackson, and Martin McIvor, eds., In Search of Social Democracy, West European Politics, 33, 4, May 2010.

" Review of Richard Sandbrook, marc Edelman, Patrick Heller, and Judith Teichman, Social Democracy in the Global Periphery," Perspectives on Politics, 7, 2, 2009.

" Review of Mary Hilson, Political Change and the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective," Journal of Social History, Spring 2008.

" Review of Alexander George and Andrew Bennett, Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences," Perspectives on Politics, 5, 1, 2007.

" Review of Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made," German Politics and Society, Spring 2006.

Review of Gerassimos Moschonas, In the Name of Social Democracy , Perspectives on Politics, 1, 2, March 2003.

Review of Margaret Lavinia Anderson, Practicing Democracy , German Politics and Society, Summer 2001.

Euthanasia, Eugenics and Fascism: How Close are the Connections , German Politics and Society, 17, 3, Fall, 1999.