Comparative Sociology Comparative Sociology Aims & Scope Comparative Sociology is an international scientifi c journal dedicated to the advancement of comparative sociology, broadly defi ned as involving two societies or more, and publishes notable current thought in all areas concerned with comparative sociological study, from macro to micro, qualitative and quantitative. Each number is about 100 pages in length. Editorial Advisory Board members, world renowned comparative scholars, in addition to experts in the specifi c areas of the title of submitted manuscripts, review all submissions. Th e editor assumes responsibility for the selection and acceptance of articles, but responsi- bility for views expressed in them remains solely with their authors. Articles in Comparative Sociology do not represent the views of the Editorial Board members. Editorial correspondence Th e Journal welcomes contributions by sociologists, political scien- tists, anthropologists, and related social scientists. Manuscripts, items for research commu- nications, and other editorial correspondence should be addressed to the editor exclusively by e-mail insert. Books for review should be sent to the book review editors. Editor David Sciulli Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Review Editors Mehdi P. Amineh International Institute for Asian Studies/IIAS, University of Leiden and Amsterdam School for Social Science Research/ASSR, University of Amsterdam. E-mail: [email protected] Eva P. Rakel Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Political Science, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL Amsterdam, Th e Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] Editorial Board Thora Margareta Bertilsson (University of Copenhagen) Donald Black (University of Virginia, Charlottesville) Alfons Bora (Universität Bielefeld) Matteo Bortolini (University of Padua) Vincenzo Cicchelli (Sorbonne Université Paris 5) Jean-Pascal Daloz (University of Oslo & Oxford University) Yves Dezalay (EHESS, Paris) Mattei Dogan (CNRS, Paris & University of California-Los Angeles) Benjamin Gregg (University of Texas-Austin) Juergen R. Grote (Charles University & CESES FSV UK, Prague) Jeffrey Halley (University of Texas-San Antonio) Andreas Hess (University College Dublin) John Higley (University of Texas-Austin) Ronald F. Inglehart (University of Michigan) Hans-Joachim Lauth (Universität Würzburg) Steven Levitsky (Harvard University) Andrea Maccarini (University of Padova) Maria Malatesta (University of Bologna) Robert Marsh (Brown University, Providence) Wolfgang Merkel (Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin) Leonardo Morlino (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence) Gerardo Munck (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) Anton Pelinka (Central European University, Budapest) Huang Ping (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Donatella della Porta (European University Institute, Fiesole (Florence)) Masamichi Sasaki (Chuo University, Tokyo) Carsten Schneider (Central European University, Budapest) Catalina Smulovitz (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires) Gunther Teubner (Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin & J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt) Ming-Chang Tsai (National Taipei University) Comparative Sociology (print ISSN 1569-1322, online ISSN 1569-1330) is published 6 times a year by Brill, Plantijnstraat 2, 2321 JC Leiden, Th e Netherlands, tel +31 (0)71- 5353500, fax +31 (0)71 5317532.