Comparative Political Studies

Papers
(The median citation count of Comparative Political Studies is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Factional Logic of Political Protection in Authoritarian Regimes48
Who Rules? Support Coalitions and Regime Survival, 1789–202042
Party System Congruence and Bicameralism40
Regime Transformation From Below: Mobilization for Democracy and Autocracy From 1900 to 202139
Low-Skill Products by High-Skill Workers: The Distributive Effects of Trade in Emerging and Developing Countries37
How Crises Shape Circles of Solidarity: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy35
How Personalist Parties Undermine State Capacity in Democracies35
Peacekeepers Without Helmets: How Violence Shapes Local Peacebuilding by Civilian Peacekeepers34
Military Labor Systems, Domestic Politics, and the Battlefield30
Emigration, Social Remittances and Fiscal Policy Preferences: Experimental Evidence From Mexico30
The Soldier in the State: Explaining Public Trust in the Armed Forces28
The Recognition of Shared Suffering After Violence: ISIS Victimization and LGBT+ Support in Mosul Iraq25
Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support25
Stalling the State: How Digital Platforms Contribute to and Profit From Delays in the Enforcement and Adoption of Regulations23
The Effect of Simultaneous Proposals: The Case of Immigrant Enfranchisement23
Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms23
Well-Behaved Women: Engendering Political Interest in Public Opinion Research22
When the State Becomes Complicit: Mayors, Criminal Actors, and the Deliberate Weakening of the Local State in Colombia22
Personal Networks, State Financial Backing, and Foreign Direct Investment22
Corrigendum to the Human Costs of the War on Drugs. Attitudes Towards Militarization of Security in Mexico21
State Repression and Opposition Survival in Pinochet’s Chile20
Mobilization and Strategies: Comparing Trade Lobbying in the US and Canada20
Violent Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria20
Hegemony, Heterogeneity, History: Varieties of Communism in Theory and Practice19
A Populist Axis? Analyzing Connections Between Populist, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Political Space19
Missionary Activity, Education, and Long-Run Political Development: Evidence Across Regime Types in Africa18
Good Citizenship and Native-Immigrant Conflict: Experimental Evidence From Europe18
Electoral Systems, Partisan Politics, and Income Redistribution: A Critical Quasi -Experiment17
Vote Buying, Norms, Context, and Trust in Elections17
Beyond Replication: Secondary Qualitative Data Analysis in Political Science17
Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach17
Cross-National Social Influence: How Foreign Votes Can Affect Domestic Public Opinion15
Varieties of Communism14
The Reach of the State14
The Legacy of Multi-Dimensional Conflict14
Personal Narratives Reduce Negative Attitudes Toward Immigrant Outgroups: Evidence From Kenya14
Collective Victimhood Beliefs and Conflict-Related Attitudes: A Meta-Analysis13
Do Culturally Embedded Political Leaders Help or Hinder Economic Development?13
The Mosque Nearby: Visible Minorities and Far-Right Support in France13
Ethnic Media and the Mobilization of Identity13
Decision-Making in the Dark: The Asymmetric Spread of COVID-19 Policies13
Politically Connected Owners13
Peasant Resistance in Times of Economic Affluence: Lessons From Paraguay13
Credit Claiming by Labeling12
Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting12
Symptoms and Stereotypes: Perceptions and Responses to Covid-19 in Malawi and Zambia12
More Options, but Less Willing to Cast a Valid Vote: Evidence From Electoral Reform in Chile12
Reacting to Democratization: How Authoritarian Legacies Shape Democratic Party Development12
Rebel Taxation as Extortion or a Technology of Governance? Telling the Difference in India’s Northeast12
New Socialist Men (and Women)? Communist Industrial Workplace and Political Engagement in China12
Varieties of Ambiguity: How do Voters Evaluate Ambiguous Policy Statements?11
Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability11
Why Corporate Political Connections Can Impede Investment11
State-Building, Collective Efficacy, and the Co-Production of Public Goods in Rural Africa11
The Decline of Religion and Its Rise in Electoral Politics: Religious Belief, Religious Practice, and the Strength of Religious Voting Cleavages10
The “Ironic Impact” of Pro-Democracy Activists: How Pro-Democratic Frames Undermine Support for Local Policy-Based Protests in Authoritarian Regimes10
Pushing Boundaries: How Lawmakers Shape Judicial Decision-Making10
Capitals Under Siege: Why Some Rebel Groups Achieve Victory While Others Fail10
Formal Institutions After Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-War Constitutional Design10
Social Influencers and Election Outcomes10
Defending Parliament Responses of Mainstream Parties to Parliamentary Erosion10
Firm-Based Origins of Anti-System Politics10
Cross-National Support for the Welfare State Under Wealth Inequality10
Who is Afraid of the Istanbul Convention? Explaining Opposition to and Support for Gender Equality10
Who are the Cosmopolitans? How Perceived Social Sorting and Social Identities Relate to European and National Identities9
The Politics of Pessimism: Unfunded Public Goods as a Source of Right-Wing Populism9
Social Capital in North Korea: Shadow Economy, Shared Norms and Social Networks9
Who Governs Policing? Mayors’ Strategic Linkages to Police in Latin American Cities9
Ethnicity and Policing in the Global South: Descriptive Representation and Expectations of Police Bias9
Military Conscription and Nonviolent Resistance9
Charity Begins at Home: Domestic Political Economy of Chinese Foreign Aid9
Authoritarian Surveillance and Public Support for Digital Governance Solutions9
Candidate Qualifications and Out-Group Support: Evidence From Afghanistan9
Narratives of Backlash? Perceptions of Changing Status Hierarchies in Open-Ended Survey Responses9
What is to be Done? How Radical Leftists Help to Solve the Problem of Personalist Party-Building in Latin America9
Early-Life Origins of Wartime Behaviour: The Irish Potato Famine and Desertion in the American Civil War8
Bloody Pasts and Current Politics: The Political Legacies of Violent Resettlement8
From Pledge to Poll: Investigating the Impact of Campaign Promises on Party Alignment8
Substantive Representation, Women’s Health, and Regime Type8
The Local Costs of Moving: How Residential Moves Weaken Local Engagement8
Populism and De Facto Central Bank Independence8
Norms of Democracy, Staged Democrats, and Supply of Exclusionary Ideology8
Asymmetric Mass Mobilization and the Vincibility of Democracy in Hungary8
Radical Weakness—Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries?8
All Politics is Local? Evidence of Local Council Incumbency Advantage in National Elections8
Corruption and Voter Turnout: Evidence From Second Generation Americans8
How Mechanization Shapes Coups8
Voting for Law and Order: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Mexico8
Women’s Representation and Corruption: Evidence From Local Audits in Mexico7
Regulatory Visions and the State in E. Asia: The Irrational Investor Problem in the Comparative Politics of Finance7
Structuring Intra-Party Politics: A Mixed-Method Study of Ideological and Hierarchical Factions in Parties7
When Strength Becomes Weakness: Precolonial State Development, Monopoly on Violence, and Civil War7
Attitudinal Ambivalence on Redistribution: Causes and Electoral Implications Across Europe7
Sanctuaries or Battlegrounds? State Penetration in Places of Worship, University Campuses, and State Bureaucracy for Pro-Government Mobilization: Evidence from Iran (2015–2019)7
Pro-Democratic, but Not Anti-Authoritarian? Understanding Ambivalent Attitudes Toward Regimes7
The Archipelago Capitalism of Citizenship-By-Investment7
In Search of the Causes of the Globalization Backlash: Methodological Considerations on Post-treatment Bias7
The Way Back After Backsliding: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy7
Do Women Prefer In-Group Police Officers? Survey and Experimental Evidence From India7
Workfare and Attitudes toward the Unemployed: New Evidence on Policy Feedback from 1990 to 20187
Changing Prices in a Changing Climate: Electoral Competition and Fossil Fuel Taxation7
Bureaucratic Capacity and Political Favoritism in Public Procurement7
Feelings of Trust, Distrust and Risky Decision-Making in Political Office. An Experimental Study With National Politicians in Three Democracies7
Ethnic Minorities, Interstate War, and Popular Support for Fiscal Capacity Development7
Who Wants to be Legible? Digitalization and Intergroup Inequality in Kenya7
Crises and Ideological Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence From the July 2016 Coup Attempt in Turkey6
The Political Resource Blessing or Curse? Patronage Networks, Infrastructure Investment, and Economic Development in China6
Repression, Interests and Outgroup Attitudes: A Survey Experiment in Post-Coup Myanmar6
Elections Increase Satisfaction With Democracy6
Progressive Ideology and Support for Punitive Crime Policy: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil6
Education Policies and Systems Across Modern History: A Global Dataset6
The Limits of Public Support for Fiscal Consolidation: Survey Evidence From Great Britain6
Nature Made the State: Exploring the Effect of Disasters on Centralization6
Beyond Hate Speech: Online Rumors and Out-Group Resentment in Divided Societies6
The Holocaust, the Socialization of Victimhood and Outgroup Political Attitudes in Israel6
Constituency Service and Electoral Accountability in Autocratic Legislatures6
Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests6
A Loyal Base: Support for Authoritarian Regimes in Times of Crisis6
The Mobilizing Effect of Party System Polarization. Evidence From Europe6
Fragmentation of Political Authority and Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship: Explaining Instances of Minority Accommodation in Israel and Estonia6
Drivers of Political Participation: The Role of Partisanship, Identity, and Incentives in Mobilizing Zambian Citizens5
Revenue, Redistribution, and the Rise and Fall of Inheritance Taxation5
Going the Last Mile: How Social Pensions Make Marginalized Elders Legible and Build the State’s Informational Capacity5
Backlash or Progressive Mobilization? Voter Reactions to Perceived Trajectories of Women’s Representation5
Founding Leaders and National Narratives: Anthropomorphism and the Roots of Founding Leader Personality Cults in Three East Asian Cases5
Territorial Loss and Nationalist Populism5
Selective Bribery: When Do Citizens Engage in Corruption?5
Resource Wealth: A “Curse” for Labor Rights?5
Policymakers’ Abortion Preferences: Understanding the Intersection of Gender and Wealth5
Partners in Crime: Comparative Advantage and Kidnapping Cooperation5
Democratic Reforms in Dictatorships: Elite Divisions, Party Origins, and the Prospects of Political Liberalization5
The Electoral Consequences of International Migration in Sending Countries: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe5
Inclusive Redistribution and Perceptions of Membership: A Cross-National Comparison5
Revolutionaries for Railways5
The Loser’s Long Curse: How Exposure to Class Conflict Shapes Election Outcomes5
What Men Want: Parties’ Strategic Engagement With Gender Quotas5
Political Parties and Violence in Karachi, Pakistan5
The Activists Who Divide Us: A Cross-Country Analysis of Party Activists’ Influence on Polarization and Representation5
Democracy and State Development: Patterns of Public Spending in the First Two Waves of Democratization5
Between Human Dignity and Security: Identifying Citizen and Elite Preferences and Concerns Over Refugee Reception5
Political Preferences, Policy Loss and Shifting Support for European Integration5
Reducing Prejudice and Support for Religious Nationalism Through Conversations on WhatsApp5
Revisiting the Relationship Between Legislative Power-Sharing and Autocratic Survival4
The Succession Effect: Change Over Time in Women’s Political Leadership Styles in New Zealand4
Grammar of Threat: Governance and Order in Public Threats by Criminal Actors4
Interpersonal Resources and Insider/Outsider Dynamics in Party Office4
Online Disinformation Predicts Inaccurate Beliefs About Election Fairness Among Both Winners and Losers4
Voting with Putin: Gender, LGBT Rights, and Tacit Support for Russia among Europe’s Parliamentarians4
Democratic Ceilings: The Long Shadow of Nationalist Polarization in East Asia4
Gender and Clientelism: Do Expectations of Patronage Penalize Women Candidates in Legislative Elections?4
Message or Messenger? Source and Labeling Effects in Authoritarian Response to Protest4
Consequences of Corruption for Political System Support: Evidence From a Brazilian Scandal4
Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Global Warming4
The Political Legacies of Wartime Resistance: How Local Communities in Italy Keep Anti-fascist Sentiments Alive4
Blood Avocados? Trade Liberalization and Cartel Violence in Mexico4
“This is what the Bolsheviks do”: How Democratic Politicians Use Foreign Revolutions to Attract Voters4
Privileging One’s Own? Voting Patterns and Politicized Spending in India4
The Pigmentocracy of Executive Approval4
Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior4
Strength in Numbers: How Variation in Party Size Impacts the Origins, Evolution, and Durability of Communist Regimes4
Unlocking Outgroup Access Online: Evidence From Cyprus4
Gender and Political Compliance Under Authoritarian Rule4
Opposing Backsliding Through Policy Competition: The Case of Poland’s Civic Platform (2015–2023)4
The Way we Were: How Histories of Co-Governance Alleviate Partisan Hostility4
Brokering Bureaucrats: How Bureaucrats and Civil Society Facilitate Clientelism Where Parties are Weak4
China’s Low-Productivity Innovation Drive: Evidence From Patents4
Domestic Legitimacy, Coethnics Abroad, and the Shape of the Homeland4
Democratization Boost or Bust? Electoral Turnout After Democratic Transitions4
Strengthening the Rule of Law Through Community Policing: Evidence From Liberia3
After the Genocide: Proximity to Victims and Support for Punishing Ingroup Crimes3
Indigenous Community Recognition and Identity: Evidence from Peru3
Imperial Rule and Long-Run Development: Evidence on the Role of Human Capital in Ottoman Europe3
State Absence, Vengeance, and the Logic of Vigilantism in Guatemala3
Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20 th Century Europe3
Post-Communist Junctures, the Left, and Illiberalism: Theory with Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe3
Losing Touch: The Rhetorical Cost of Governing3
When the Far Right Makes the News: Protest Characteristics and Media Coverage of Far-Right Mobilization in Europe3
Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities3
How Erroneous Beliefs Trigger Authoritarian Collapse: The Case of Tunisia, January 14, 20113
Perceived Inequality as an Impediment to Mass Taxation: Evidence From Latin America3
Still Going Strong? The Social and Political Relevance of Class Identification Over Time in Four Countries3
The Activist Personality: Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Opposition Activism in Authoritarian Regimes3
State Capacity, Refugee Reception, and Attitudes towards Refugees3
Collective Action Infrastructure: The Downstream Effects of Urban Neighborhood Organizing3
Separated by Degrees: Social Closure by Education Levels Strengthens Contemporary Political Divides3
The Limits of Information Capacity: Evidence From the French Napoleonic Cadaster3
The Legacies of Rebel Rule in Southeast Turkey3
The Law or the Career? Autocratic Judiciaries, Strategic Sentencing, and Political Repression3
The Political Origins of Colonial Land Policy: Evidence From British India and French Algeria3
The Shadow Cost of State Violence: Evidence From Bureaucratic Purges in China3
The Extraterritorial Voting Rights and Restrictions Dataset (1950–2020)3
The Energy Transition and Support for the Radical Right: Evidence from the Netherlands3
Elite Persistence in the Era of England’s Expanding Overseas Trade3
Tempering the Taste for Vengeance: Information About Prisoners and Policy Choices in Chile3
Fighting for a Better Life: Protests and Public Opinion in South Africa3
“Playing Defense” to Keep Public Services Off the Agenda: Evidence From Water in Mexico City3
The Distribution of Executive Power and Corruption: A Meta-Analytical Review3
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