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Comparative Politics

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An international journal, founded in 1968, presenting scholarly articles devoted to the comparative analysis of political institutions and processes.

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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In their recent article, @pvkastner.bsky.social and Santiago Basabe-Serrano explain when and why high courts in new democracies engage in post-decision monitoring to secure compliance with their rulings www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In our latest issue, @erains.bsky.social uses original household survey data from over 200 Indian informal settlements, with social network data from a subset, to argue that hyper-local neighborhood context conditions politically relevant outcomes. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mari Aburamoto and Masatomo Torikai argue in our latest volume that minor opposition parties persist - despite little chance of winning - because authoritarian regimes deliberately structure political competition. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI | Our October issue is currently out! Check out Matthew Martin's article introducing will-confirmation in constitution making and how it operates amid crises of representation. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICYMI | Covering the Big Tigers in China Check out our fast track article by Yixuan Zhang on patronage ties and political signaling within elite circles in China. Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICYMI | Vol. 59 No. 1 Check out the latest issue featuring: Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake, Irene Morlino, Matthew Martin, Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner, Santiago Basabe-Serrano, Emily Rains, Mari Aburamoto, Masatomo Torikai, and Kevin Wei Luo 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why do authoritarian regimes tolerate minor opposition parties with little chance of winning power? Mari Aburamoto and Masatomo Torikai argue that such parties persist because regimes deliberately structure political competition. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How is between-group inequality related to collective action in broker-mediated patronage systems? Emily Rains argues that hyper-local neighborhood context conditions politically relevant outcomes. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When & why do high courts in new democracies engage in post-decision monitoring to secure compliance with their rulings? Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner and Santiago Basabe-Serrano develop a theory of strategic monitoring in their recent article. Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Constitution-making is cast as a state-society dialogue, with public consultation sustaining the legal fiction that "the people" write the social contract. Matthew Martin introduces will-confirmation and how it operates amid crises of representation. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How do government-led social safety net programs in areas of violence, conflict, & state fragility shape trust in governments? Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake, & Irene Morlino find that knowledge of governments' roles can be a double-edged sword. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why do revolutions produce sometimes strong yet unstable states after revolutionary victory? Kevin Wei Luo examines patterns of subnational-level state building in Communist China after 1949 in our most recent issue. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Comparative Politics is published quarterly in October, January, April, and July. For access to our latest issue, subscribe to the journal here: eoc.sheridan.com/com
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 New Issue Release | Vol. 59 No. 1 Check our new issue featuring: Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake, Irene Morlino, Matthew Martin, Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner, Santiago Basabe-Serrano, Emily Rains, Mari Aburamoto, Masatomo Torikai, and Kevin Wei Luo 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICYMI | Vol. 58 No. 4 Check out our previous issue featuring articles by Eduardo Silva, Zaraí Toledo Orozco, Rachel A. Schwartz, Ayelén Vanegas, Phillip M. Ayoub, Sam Whitt, and Marcus Johnson. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Check out our recent review articles: "Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality" by Marcus Johnson doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We welcome review articles that make original arguments about an important body of research by engaging recent books on the topic. Our review articles are peer reviewed and our avg decision time is under 3 months. See our submission guidelines: jcp.gc.cuny.edu/submission/
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Manuscript Submission
We welcome submission of research articles, research notes, and review articles. Manuscripts that exceed 12,000 words and research notes that exceed 6,000 words will not be considered for review. Abst...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New article by Yixuan Zhang, “Covering the Big Tigers in China: Patronage Ties and Political Signaling within Elite Circles,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Covering the Big Tigers in China:...l Signaling within Elite Circles: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New article by @adellag.bsky.social, Milli Lake, & Irene Morlino, “The Information Paradox: Aid, Social Protection, and the Social Contract in Areas of Conflict and State Fragility,” doi.org/10.5129/0010... @lseir.bsky.social
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New article by Renhao Ye “Hydraulic State: Hydropower Construction and Extension of State Capacity in Contemporary China,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Hydraulic State: Hydropower Const...e Capacity in Contemporary China: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New article by @kevinweiluo.bsky.social “The Sirens of Revolution: Revolutionary Legacies and State Building in Early Communist China,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New article by @erains.bsky.social “Toward a Local View of Between-Group Inequality: Fractured Broker Networks and the Implications for Mobilization in Urban Slums,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New article by Mari Aburamoto and Masatomo Torikai, “Legitimacy and Control: The Strategic Use of Minor Opposition Parties in Authoritarian Elections,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Legitimacy and Control: The Strat...rties in Authoritarian Elections: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In 2025, we accepted 6 percent of submissions for publication. Our average decision time was 23 days. The average decision time for only externally reviewed manuscripts was 67 days.
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Our July 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.4) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
New Review Article on Fast Track by Marcus Johnson, “Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Reassessing Colonial Origins: A D... Four Books on Global Inequality: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
New article on Fast Track by @pvkastner.bsky.social & Santiago Basabe-Serrano, “Monitoring High Court Rulings in New Democracies,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New article on Fast Track by @payoub.bsky.social & Sam Whitt, “Silence or Solidarity? The Political Pitfalls of an LGBTQI Avoidance Strategy in Hungary,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
New article on Fast Track by @mattjmartin.com “From Citizen Input to Elite Legitimation: The Logic of Will-Confirmation in Constitution-Making,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Open Access research article in our April 2026 issue: Adam Almqvist, “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance,” www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Our April 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.3) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New article on Fast Track by Eduardo Silva and Zaraí Toledo Orozco, “Beyond Implementation: Policy Durability and Social Movements in Extractive Conflicts,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
New article on Fast Track by @raschwartz.bksy.social “International Anti-Corruption Commissions: Explaining Institutional Design and Autonomy,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New article on Fast Track by Ayelén Vanegas, “Dynamic Preferences for Redistribution: Understanding Welfare Support in Argentina,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Our January 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.2) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New article on Fast Track by Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell and Yujeong Yang, “The Political Legacy of Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New article on Fast Track by Olena Nikolayenko, “Emotional Contagion and Labor Mobilization in an Autocracy,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny... @fordhamposc.bsky.social
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
New article on Fast Track by Benedikt Bender, Katharina Bluhm, Stanislav Klimovich, Sabine Kropp, Ulla Pape, and Claudius Wagemann, “Why Are State-Business Relations Formalized in Russia’s Authoritarian Regime? A Set-Theoretic Analysis,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New article on Fast Track by Adam Almqvist, “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers...se of Jordanian Youth Governance: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Nicholas Rush Smith @nickrushsmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
New article on Fast Track by Huseyin Emre Ceyhun, “Restive Regions: Sequential Complementarity of Repression and Cooptation in Authoritarian Survival,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A New Era of Editorial Leadership at Comparative Politics With the first issue of the 58th volume of Comparative Politics, we mark a change in the guard of the leadership of the journal.
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
New article on Fast Track by Alexander De Juan and @juvoss.bsky.social , “Transitional Justice and Support for Policies of Remembrance after Mass Violence,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
New article on Fast Track by Sibo Liu, Shouzhi Xia, and Dong Zhang, “From Maoism to MAGA: Embracing Democracy with Authoritarian Imprints,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Our October 2025 issue (Vol.58, No.1) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics: Ingenta Connect Table Of Contents
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New Research Note on Fast Track by @lingchenscholar.bsky.social, Xiuyu li, and Kellee Tsai, “Pathways to Authoritarian Capitalism,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Camilla Reuterswärd @camreu.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Happy to see this paper out in the July issue of CP! Using the case of abortion policy, I argue that clientelistic parties engage in strategic, mutually beneficial interactions with influential interest groups when material exchanges no longer guarantee office.
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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I learned so much from @rdassonneville.bsky.social's Voters Under Pressure, Tillman's Authoritarianism and the Evolution and Bartels's Democracy Erodes from the Top. In @comppol.bsky.social, I review each book on its own terms and draw out implications for the view that elections confer mandates. 🧵
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Recasting the Meaning of Election...Mandate Interpretation in Europe: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
New Review Article on Fast Track by @klingelt.bsky.social “Recasting the Meaning of Elections: Three Strikes for the Mandate Interpretation in Europe,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
New article on Fast Track by Sasha de Vogel, Hannah S. Chapman, and Lauren A. McCarthy, “Authoritarian Information Gathering amid Crisis,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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