OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Comparative Political Studies is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Corruption and Trust: Theoretical Considerations and Evidence From Mexico	236
Comparative Pork Barrel Politics	144
From Above and Below	142
Interaction Effects in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems	140
Changing Values in Advanced Industrial Societies	125
Gender Quotas, Electoral Laws, and the Election of Women	118
Populism as a Problem of Social Integration	109
Incentives to Cultivate a Party Vote in Candidate-centric Electoral Systems	104
From Socialism to Social Democracy	98
Lessons from Strange Cases	98
The Structural Determinants of Democratic Consolidation	97
Conditional Receptivity to Citizen Participation	91
Learning From Others	89
With a Little Help from my Friends	85
Gender Quotas, Electoral Laws, and the Election of Women	84
Women’s Political Engagement Under Quota-Mandated Female Representation	83
Lying or Believing? Measuring Preference Falsification From a Political Purge in China	82
Decentralization and the Development of Nationalized Party Systems in New Democracies: Evidence From Latin America	82
Government Responsiveness in the European Union: Evidence From Council Voting	81
With a Little Help From The People? The Role of Public Opinion in Advocacy Success	80
Are We All Amazon Primed? Consumers and the Politics of Platform Power	80
Economic Conditions and Incumbent Support in Africa's New Democracies	79
From Comparative Public Policy to Political Economy	78
Ideological Congruence and Citizen Satisfaction: Evidence From 25 Advanced Democracies	70
Explaining Vote Switching Across First- and Second-Order Elections	70

Long-Term Economic Distress, Cultural Backlash, and Support for Brexit	66
From Patronage to Program	65
Shadows From the Past: Party System Institutionalization in Asia	63
Electoral System Effects on Women's Representation	59
Value Orientations From the World Values Survey	57
Political Participation in a New Democracy	57
Women Politicians, Institutions, and Perceptions of Corruption	56
Automation and the Welfare State: Technological Change as a Determinant of Redistribution Preferences	56
Out of the Cabinet	56
From Local Strongman to Facilitator	54
The Stability of Party Identification in Western Democracies	53
How Can International Organizations Shape National Welfare States?	49
Nationalism and Ethnic-Based Trust	49
Careerists Versus Coal-Miners: Welfare Reforms and the Substantive Representation of Social Groups in the British Labour Party	48
The Politics of Trade-Offs: Studying the Dynamics of Welfare State Reform With Conjoint Experiments	47
The Lay of the Land: Information Capacity and the Modern State	45
From Formlessness to Structure? The Institutionalization of Competitive Party Systems in Africa	44
Authoritarian Institutions and Women’s Rights	44
How State Support of Religion Shapes Attitudes Toward Muslim Immigrants	44
From Methodology to Practice	44
Clientelism as Persuasion-Buying	42
Proportionality and Turnout	41
From "Grand Coalition" To Left-Right Confrontation	41
Political Parties, Party Systems, and Democracy in East Asia	41
Rights for Same-Sex Couples and Public Attitudes Toward Gays and Lesbians in Europe	40
Bailouts, Budget Constraints, and Leviathans	39
Political Scale and Electoral Turnout: Evidence From the Less Industrialized World	38
Attitudes Toward Migrants in a Highly Impacted Economy: Evidence From the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan	38
Coalition Agreements, Issue Attention, and Cabinet Governance	38
Merit, Tenure, and Bureaucratic Behavior: Evidence From a Conjoint Experiment in the Dominican Republic	38
The Evolution of the Immigration Debate: Evidence from a New Dataset of Party Positions Over the Last Half-Century	37
Do Parties “Playing the Race Card” Undermine Natives’ Support for Redistribution? Evidence From Europe	36
How Sanctions Affect Public Opinion in Target Countries: Experimental Evidence From Israel	36
Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Drug War	36
Does Reform Prevent Rebellion? Evidence From Russia’s Emancipation of the Serfs	35
The Ethnic Logic of Campaign Strategy in Diverse Societies	35
Using the Qur’ān to Empower Arab Women? Theory and Experimental Evidence From Egypt	35
Refining the Oil Curse	34
Economic Sanctions and Public Opinion: Survey Experiments From Russia	34
Local Elections in Authoritarian Regimes	33
Social Networks and the Targeting of Vote Buying	33
Political Competition as an Obstacle to Judicial Independence: Evidence From Russia and Ukraine	33
Pulling the Strings? The Strategic Use of Pro-Government Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes	32
In-Group Loyalty and the Punishment of Corruption	31
Economic Hardship and Policy Preferences in the Eurozone Periphery	30
Framing by the Flock: Collective Issue Definition and Advocacy Success	30
In Whose Interest? Gender and Mass–Elite Priority Congruence in Sub-Saharan Africa	30
Ethnic Parties and Public Spending	29
Representation, Electoral Reform, and Democracy	29
The Armed Forces and Transitions from Authoritarian Rule	28

From Open to Secret Ballot	28
Policy Coalition Building in an Authoritarian Legislature: Evidence From China’s National Assemblies (1983-2007)	26
West Germany: A Remade Political Culture?	26
Bankers' Alliances and Economic Policy Patterns	26
“The Behavioral Foundations of Social Politics: Evidence from Surveys and a Laboratory Democracy”	25
Party Politics and Fiscal Discipline in a Federation	25
Citizens and Condemnation: Strategic Uses of International Human Rights Pressure in Authoritarian States	24
Presidential Term Limit Contravention: Abolish, Extend, Fail, or Respect?	24
The Economic Origins of Authoritarian Values: Evidence From Local Trade Shocks in the United Kingdom	24
Policy Uncertainty in Hybrid Regimes: Evidence From Firm-Level Surveys	24
Testing the “China Model” of Meritocratic Promotions: Do Democracies Reward Less Competent Ministers Than Autocracies?	23
The Sustainability of Political Democracy	23
Mass Organization and the Durability of Competitive Authoritarian Regimes	23
The Ideological Shadow of Authoritarianism	23
The Politics of Financial Booms and Crises	23
The Long-Term Electoral Legacies of Civil War in Young Democracies: Italy, 1946-1968	22
The Spillover Effects of Participatory Governance	22
Patterns of Regime Breakdown Since the French Revolution	22
Political Competition and Public Procurement Outcomes	22
Religious—Nationalist Mobilization and State Penetration	21
Debating the State of Comparative Politics	21
Estimating Causal Relationships Between Women’s Representation in Government and Corruption	21
Business Against Markets: Employer Resistance to Collective Bargaining Liberalization During the Eurozone Crisis	21
Geographic Divides and Cosmopolitanism: Evidence From Switzerland	21
Asymmetric Accountability: An Experimental Investigation of Biases in Evaluations of Governments’ Election Pledges	21
Party Competition and Emotive Rhetoric	21
Colonial Legacies and State Institutions in China	21
Civil Society Engagement and Policy Representation in Europe	21
Executive–Legislative Relations, Party Defections, and Lower Level Administrative Unit Proliferation: Evidence From Kenya	20
Democracy and Religious Politics	20
When Does Information Influence Voters? The Joint Importance of Salience and Coordination	20
Leaning Right and Learning From the Left	19
Communist Legacies and Left-Authoritarianism	19
The Origins of Social Capital	19
From Simple Determinism to Interactive Models of Voting	19
Taking to the Streets: Protest as an Expression of Political Preference in Africa	19
Unpacking Ethnic Preferences	19
Foreign Direct Investment and Elections: The Impact of Greenfield FDI on Incumbent Party Reelection in Brazil	18
(How) Do Voters Discriminate Against Women Candidates? Experimental and Qualitative Evidence From Malawi	18
Brexit Domino? The Political Contagion Effects of Voter-endorsed Withdrawals from International Institutions	18
Do Public Fund Windfalls Increase Corruption? Evidence From a Natural Disaster	18
Building Support From Below? Subnational Elections, Diffusion Effects, and the Growth of the Opposition in Mexico, 1984-2000	18
Qualitative Methods	18
On the Durability of Green Politics	17
Gender Dimensions of (Non)Violence in Communal Conflict: The Case of Jos, Nigeria	17
When Do the Poor Vote for the Right Wing and Why: Status Hierarchy and Vote Choice in the Indian States	17
Rising from the Ashes?	17
The Nature, Determinants, and Consequences of Chávez’s Charisma: Evidence From a Study of Venezuelan Public Opinion	17
From Labor to Finance	17
Explaining the Dominance of Legacy Unions in New Democracies	16
Religion and Political Protest: A Cross-Country Analysis	16
Parties, Legislators, and the Origins of Proportional Representation	16
Elections as Causes of Democratization: Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective	15
It’s Not the Left: Ideology and Protest Participation in Old and New Democracies	15
Institutions and the “Resource Curse”: Evidence From Cases of Oil-Related Bribery	15
The Constitutionalization of Indigenous Group Rights, Traditional Political Institutions, and Customary Law	15
The Lesser Evil? Corruption Voting and the Importance of Clean Alternatives	15
Traditional Political Institutions and Democracy: Reassessing Their Compatibility and Accountability	15
Monetary Union and Wage Bargaining Institutions in the EU	15
Students in the Streets: Education and Nonviolent Protest	15
Being There Is Half the Battle: Group Inclusion, Constitution-Writing, and Democracy	15
Elected MPs, Traditional Chiefs, and Local Public Goods: Evidence on the Role of Leaders in Co-Production From Rural Zambia	14
Citizen Attitudes Toward Traditional and State Authorities: Substitutes or Complements?	14
Can Politicians Police Themselves? Natural Experimental Evidence From Brazil’s Audit Courts	14
Does It Take Democrats to Democratize? Lessons From Islamic and Secular Elite Values in Turkey	14
The Origins of Persistent Current Account Imbalances in the Post-Bretton Woods Era	14
Measuring Dissent in Electoral Authoritarian Societies	14
Post-Materialism from a Peasant Perspective	14
Substitution or Facilitation: Service-Delivery NGOs and Political Engagement in the Peruvian Amazon	14
Backing the Incumbent in Difficult Times: The Electoral Impact of Wildfires	14