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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 · 22h
How do government-led social safety net programs in areas of violence, conflict, & state fragility shape trust in governments? @adellag.bsky.social, 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 · 02/10/2026
Why do revolutions produce sometimes strong yet unstable states after revolutionary victory? @kevinweiluo.bsky.social examines patterns of subnational-level state building in Communist China after 1949 in our latest issue. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...
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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
"A Revolution in Revolutionary Theory?" by Benjamin Abrams doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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A Revolution in Revolutionary Theory?: Ingenta Connect
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Recasting the Meaning of Elections: Three Strikes for the Mandate Interpretation in Europe" by Tristan Klingelhöfer doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The Qualitative Metamorphosis" by Ajay Verghese doi.org/10.5129/0010...
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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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Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books o...: Ingenta Connect
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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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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
By selectively focusing on officials tied to the autocrat’s rivals, central media signals the autocrat’s capacity for power consolidation, while local media imitation of this reporting pattern allows local elites to display loyalty.
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why does official media in authoritarian regimes report on high-ranking officials after corruption investigations into them? Zhang argues that one function of such coverage is to serve as intra-elite signaling.
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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
Do social safety nets build trust in fragile states? Evidence from Burkina Faso and Cameroon shows an “information paradox”: knowing the government provides aid boosts trust among beneficiaries but increases feelings of neglect among non-beneficiaries.
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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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The Information Paradox: Aid, Soc... of Conflict and State Fragility: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why does the state reach deeper into some places than others? Drawing on 3k+ hydropower stations in China, this study shows that big infrastructure projects like hydropower stations expand the state’s admin & fiscal reach, leaving behind durable local institutions long after construction ends.
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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
Why do revolutions produce unstable states? Utilizing archival evidence and historical data from early Communist China, Luo shows that revolutionary conflict led to entrenched social antagonism, which catalyzed state administrative capacity but undermined state coordination and coercive capacities.
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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
Using original survey and social network data from over 200 settlements in India, the study shows brokers struggle to build cross-caste followings where between-group inequality is high—undermining mobilization and local claim-making.
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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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Toward a Local View of Between-Gr... for Mobilization in Urban Slums: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Why do authoritarian regimes tolerate or even encourage minor opposition parties? Using the case of Russia after 2012, this study shows that authoritarian rulers use them as strategic tools to create the appearance of competition and reduce electoral uncertainty by fragmenting opposition support.
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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
Courts w/t enforcement power don’t monitor every decision; they intervene when public pressure threatens their reputation. Using 6,000+ cases from the Constit'l Court of Ecuador, authors show civil society signals drive judicial oversight, revealing compliance is shaped more by pressure than power.
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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
This article examines whether opposition silence on anti-LGBTQI legislation helps liberal challengers avoid electoral penalties. The results show that avoidance strategies don’t boost electoral support & erode perceptions of moral leadership while weakening support for LGBTQI rights.
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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
Public consultation should make constitutions more democratic—but what if elites interpret input to confirm their preferences? Based on interviews in Chile and Cuba, this article introduces “will-confirmation”—how participation becomes elite legitimation rather than a check on interpretation.
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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
Why do some hard-fought social movement policy wins endure while others fade? Evidence from 17 mining conflicts in Ecuador and Peru shows that durability hinges on mobilization after policy adoption, especially by pushing inside the state and securing decisions at the highest levels.
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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
When do corrupt incumbents agree to independent international anti-corruption commissions? This article finds that government insiders and civil society orgs can work together and leverage their agenda-setting power & expertise to ensure the autonomy of hybrid anti-corruption initiatives.
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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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