Most students (and non-students, for that matter) have only a vague idea of the content of “comparative politics.” In other sub-disciplines in political science, such as American Politics, and International Relations, the subject matter is almost self-explanatory. In a subsequent post, I’ll tell you what I think comparative politics is about. For now, I provide for you (once again, free of charge!) a sample of the titles of some recent articles published in one of the leading journals in the field of comparative politics, the aptly titled Comparative Politics.
Volume 40, Number 2, January 2007
- John Sidel, “Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Revisited: Colonial State and Chinese Immigrant in the Making of Modern Southeast Asia”
- Frances Hagopian, “Latin American Catholicism in an Age of Religious and Political Pluralism: A Framework for Analysis”
- Gary L Goodman and Jonathan T. Hiskey, “Exit without Leaving: Political Disengagement in High Migration Municipalities in Mexico”
- Ozge Kemahlioglu, “Particularistic Distribution of Investment Subsidies under coalition Governments: The Case of Turkey”
- Lianjiang Li, “Political Trust and Petitioning in the Chinese Countryside”
Volume 40, Number 1, October 2007
- J. Samuel Valenzuela, Timothy R. Scully, and Nicolás Somma, “The Enduring Presence of Religion in Chilean Ideological Positionings and Voter Options”
- Christina Davis and Jennifer Oh, “Repeal of the Rice Laws in Japan: The Role of International Pressure to Overcome Vested Interests”
- Linda J. Cook, “Negotiating Welfare in Postcommunist States”
- Wim van Oorschot and Wilfred Uunk, “Welfare Spending and the Public’s Concern for Immigrants: Multilevel Evidence for Eighteen European Countries”
- Christian Albrekt Larsen, “How Welfare Regimes Generate and Erode Social Capital: The Impact of Underclass Phenomena”
- Review Article: Veljko Vujačić, “Elites, Narratives, and Nationalist Mobilization in the Former Yugoslavia”
Volume 39, Number 4, July 2007
- Niall Ó Murchú, “Split Labor Markets and Ethnic Violence after World War I: A Comparison of Belfast, Chicago, and Johannesburg”
- Martin Höpner, “Corporate Governance Reform and the German Party Paradox”
- Brian D. Taylor, “Force and Federalism: Controlling Coersion in Federal Hybrid Regimes”
- Dinissa Duvanova, “Bureaucratic Corruption and Collective Action: Business Associations in the Postcommunist Transition”
- Sandra F. Joireman, “Enforcing New Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Ugandan Constitution and the 1998 Land Act”
- Review Article: Sabine Saurugger, “Collective Action in the European Union: From Interest Group Influence to Participation in Democracy”
Clouds, Clocks, and Sitting at Tables 