Comparative Politics
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An international journal presenting scholarly articles devoted to the comparative analysis of political institutions and processes.
City University of New York, CUNY
Joined March 2018
Our October 2025 issue (Vol.58, No.1) is now available:
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Why do autocracies create hybrid institutions like Govt-Organized NGOs (GONGOs), zombie election observers, & astroturfing soc movements? Examining Jordan’s youth GONGOs, Almqvist shows how clashes bw entrenched bureaucracies & changing regime objectives produce these workarounds
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New article on Fast Track by Adam Almqvist, “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance,”
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Can repression help an autocrat consolidate power non-violently? In Turkey, cracking down on Kurdish mayors strengthened the state's control over Kurdish communities by increasing its capacity to extract taxes and information, enabling more successful cooptation of the youth.
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New article on Fast Track by @emreceyhun1 “Restive Regions: Sequential Complementarity of Repression and Cooptation in Authoritarian Survival,”
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Professors Erickson and Markovitz helped launch the publishing careers of many scholars in the discipline and we hope to carry on that legacy. This will be our tribute to our exemplars, Ken and Lenny.
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We are also dedicated to being a journal that fosters emerging scholars by providing a quick initial decision, high-quality feedback on papers sent out for review, and fair consideration of work submitted by all scholars regardless of their academic rank or institution.
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But we are esp committed to sustaining CP’s long-standing role as an outlet for excellent qualitative research that explores ambitious theoretical questions, whether that research be rooted in comp hist analysis, process tracing, in-depth interviews, or ethnographic field work.
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Both Bellin and Smith are committed to making the journal the strongest it can be – a platform for path- breaking research in comparative politics, open to all methods.
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With the approval of the editorial committee, Professors Erickson and Markovitz have passed the baton to Professors Eva Bellin and Nicholas Rush Smith who will now assume the role of Editors-in-Chief.
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Thanks to their leadership, CP is ranked as Q1 among all Political Science journals, while remaining among a handful of independent publications in the industry. We are so grateful to them.
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Both Ken and Lenny, as we know them, have shown extraordinary dedication to the journal and, more generally, to the field of comparative politics. They have modeled integrity, collegiality, hard work, and a commitment to excellence. They have kept the journal strong.
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After more than 45 years of service as members of the editorial committee at CP and after 30 years of service as the journal’s Editors-in-Chief, Professors Kenneth Paul Erickson and Irving Leonard Markovitz are stepping down.
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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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Does punishing perpetrators of mass violence reduce support for remembrance? Drawing on survey experiments and historical variation in denazification within Germany, De Juan & Voß find that perceived justice doesn't undermine support for commemoration.
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New article on Fast Track by Alexander De Juan and Julian Voß, “Transitional Justice and Support for Policies of Remembrance after Mass Violence,”
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Why did some Chinese diaspora voices embrace Trump & even support overturning the 2020 election? Using ~1M tweets from 200 opinion leaders, Liu, Xia, & Zhang show that those with stronger authoritarian imprints were more likely to support Trump & reject the 2020 election outcome.
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New article on Fast Track by Sibo Liu, Shouzhi Xia, and @Dong_Zhang , “From Maoism to MAGA: Embracing Democracy with Authoritarian Imprints,”
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What accounts for the emergence of authoritarian capitalism in industrialized democracies, post-communist countries, and emerging market economies? @LingChenscholar, @XiuyuLi96, and @HongKongKellee identify three pathways to authoritarian capitalism.
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New research note on Fast Track by @LingChenscholar, @XiuyuLi96, and @HongKongKellee, “Pathways to Authoritarian Capitalism,”
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