My research areas are the sociology of politics and the state, comparative historical sociology, questions of international development, and social and political theory. After my retirement in 2000, I will work on these interests in the Watson Institute for International Studies as a Professor of International Studies (Research). In Sociology, I plan to offer seminars on "Analytic Tools for Social Research" and "Capitalism, Democracy, and Social Welfare: Comparative Historical Studies". My current research projects have shifted from democracy to social welfare policy and effectiveness of state action. In 1998, I co-edited (with Marilyn Rueschemeyer and Bjorn Wittrock) Particpation and Democracy East and West: Comparisons and Interpretations.