Comparative Political Studies

Papers
(The median citation count of Comparative Political Studies is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Party System Congruence and Bicameralism79
Does Compulsory Voting Affect How Voters Choose? A Test Using a Combined Conjoint and Regression Discontinuity Analysis72
When Marriage Gets Hard: Intra-Coalition Conflict and Electoral Accountability71
Emigration, Social Remittances and Fiscal Policy Preferences: Experimental Evidence From Mexico61
The Factional Logic of Political Protection in Authoritarian Regimes51
When Running for Office Runs in the Family: Horizontal Dynasties, Policy, and Development in the Philippines49
How Personalist Parties Undermine State Capacity in Democracies43
Military Labor Systems, Domestic Politics, and the Battlefield42
How Soft Propaganda Persuades41
Peacekeepers Without Helmets: How Violence Shapes Local Peacebuilding by Civilian Peacekeepers38
The Search for Spices and Souls: Catholic Missions as Colonial State in the Philippines37
Why Physical Barriers Backfire: How Immigration Enforcement Deters Return and Increases Asylum Applications34
Low-Skill Products by High-Skill Workers: The Distributive Effects of Trade in Emerging and Developing Countries34
Regime Transformation From Below: Mobilization for Democracy and Autocracy From 1900 to 202133
How Crises Shape Circles of Solidarity: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy28
Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support27
Well-Behaved Women: Engendering Political Interest in Public Opinion Research27
Corrigendum to the Human Costs of the War on Drugs. Attitudes Towards Militarization of Security in Mexico26
Mobilization and Strategies: Comparing Trade Lobbying in the US and Canada25
The Soldier in the State: Explaining Public Trust in the Armed Forces25
Stalling the State: How Digital Platforms Contribute to and Profit From Delays in the Enforcement and Adoption of Regulations25
The Globalization Backlash: Exploring New Perspectives21
The Recognition of Shared Suffering After Violence: ISIS Victimization and LGBT+ Support in Mosul Iraq20
Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms20
Personal Networks, State Financial Backing, and Foreign Direct Investment19
Violent Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria19
State Repression and Opposition Survival in Pinochet’s Chile19
The Reach of the State18
When the State Becomes Complicit: Mayors, Criminal Actors, and the Deliberate Weakening of the Local State in Colombia18
Vote Buying, Norms, Context, and Trust in Elections18
Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach18
Electoral Systems, Partisan Politics, and Income Redistribution: A Critical Quasi-Experiment17
Beyond Replication: Secondary Qualitative Data Analysis in Political Science17
Insiders, Outsiders, Skills, and Preferences for Social Protection: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Argentina16
Breaking the Cabinet’s Glass Ceiling: The Gendered Effect of Political Experience in Presidential Democracies16
Cross-National Social Influence: How Foreign Votes Can Affect Domestic Public Opinion16
Good Citizenship and Native-Immigrant Conflict: Experimental Evidence From Europe16
Ethnic Media and the Mobilization of Identity16
Violence and Business Interest in Social Welfare: Evidence from Mexico15
The Mosque Nearby: Visible Minorities and Far-Right Support in France15
Symptoms and Stereotypes: Perceptions and Responses to Covid-19 in Malawi and Zambia14
Policing in a Post-Conflict State: Evidence from Uganda14
Politically Connected Owners14
Credit Claiming by Labeling14
Peasant Resistance in Times of Economic Affluence: Lessons From Paraguay14
Nationalism, Class, and Status: How Nationalists Use Policy Offers and Group Appeals to Attract a New Electorate13
More Options, but Less Willing to Cast a Valid Vote: Evidence From Electoral Reform in Chile13
New Socialist Men (and Women)? Communist Industrial Workplace and Political Engagement in China12
Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting12
Why Corporate Political Connections Can Impede Investment12
The Decline of Religion and Its Rise in Electoral Politics: Religious Belief, Religious Practice, and the Strength of Religious Voting Cleavages12
Economic Distress and Support for Radical Right Parties—Evidence From Sweden12
Varieties of Ambiguity: How do Voters Evaluate Ambiguous Policy Statements?12
Institutions, Climate Change, and the Foundations of Long-Term Policymaking12
Rebel Taxation as Extortion or a Technology of Governance? Telling the Difference in India’s Northeast12
The “Ironic Impact” of Pro-Democracy Activists: How Pro-Democratic Frames Undermine Support for Local Policy-Based Protests in Authoritarian Regimes12
Cross-National Support for the Welfare State Under Wealth Inequality12
Revisiting the Impact of Modernization on Support for Women Politicians: The Role of Women’s Political Empowerment11
Social Influencers and Election Outcomes11
Who is Afraid of the Istanbul Convention? Explaining Opposition to and Support for Gender Equality11
Authoritarian Surveillance and Public Support for Digital Governance Solutions11
Partisanship as Cause, Not Consequence, of Participation11
What is to be Done? How Radical Leftists Help to Solve the Problem of Personalist Party-Building in Latin America11
Who Governs Policing? Mayors’ Strategic Linkages to Police in Latin American Cities11
Pushing Boundaries: How Lawmakers Shape Judicial Decision-Making11
Who are the Cosmopolitans? How Perceived Social Sorting and Social Identities Relate to European and National Identities10
Effective Government and Evaluations of Democracy10
Candidate Qualifications and Out-Group Support: Evidence From Afghanistan10
Ethnicity and Policing in the Global South: Descriptive Representation and Expectations of Police Bias10
The Politics of Pessimism: Unfunded Public Goods as a Source of Right-Wing Populism10
Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Finance and the Politics of State Job Distribution in Africa9
Corruption and Voter Turnout: Evidence From Second Generation Americans9
Bloody Pasts and Current Politics: The Political Legacies of Violent Resettlement9
Military Conscription and Nonviolent Resistance9
Early-Life Origins of Wartime Behaviour: The Irish Potato Famine and Desertion in the American Civil War9
Frightened Mandarins: The Adverse Effects of Fighting Corruption on Local Bureaucracy9
Norms of Democracy, Staged Democrats, and Supply of Exclusionary Ideology9
How Mechanization Shapes Coups9
Populism and De Facto Central Bank Independence9
Substantive Representation, Women’s Health, and Regime Type8
Sanctuaries or Battlegrounds? State Penetration in Places of Worship, University Campuses, and State Bureaucracy for Pro-Government Mobilization: Evidence from Iran (2015–2019)8
Structuring Intra-Party Politics: A Mixed-Method Study of Ideological and Hierarchical Factions in Parties8
Progress outside of paradise: Old and new comparative approaches to contentious politics8
Changing Prices in a Changing Climate: Electoral Competition and Fossil Fuel Taxation8
Regulatory Visions and the State in E. Asia: The Irrational Investor Problem in the Comparative Politics of Finance8
Strategic Uncertainty and Elite Defections in Electoral Autocracies: A Cross-National Analysis8
Asymmetric Mass Mobilization and the Vincibility of Democracy in Hungary8
Opening Pandora’s Box? Joint Sovereignty and the Rise of EU Agencies with Operational Tasks8
Collective Decision-Making and the Economic Vote8
Women’s Representation and Corruption: Evidence From Local Audits in Mexico8
Voting for Law and Order: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Mexico8
Bureaucratic Capacity and Political Favoritism in Public Procurement7
In Search of the Causes of the Globalization Backlash: Methodological Considerations on Post-treatment Bias7
Feelings of Trust, Distrust and Risky Decision-Making in Political Office. An Experimental Study With National Politicians in Three Democracies7
Attitudinal Ambivalence on Redistribution: Causes and Electoral Implications Across Europe7
(Dis)courtesy Bias: “Methodological Cognates,” Data Validity, and Ethics in Violence-Adjacent Research7
Workfare and Attitudes toward the Unemployed: New Evidence on Policy Feedback from 1990 to 20187
When Strength Becomes Weakness: Precolonial State Development, Monopoly on Violence, and Civil War7
Do Women Prefer In-Group Police Officers? Survey and Experimental Evidence From India7
A Loyal Base: Support for Authoritarian Regimes in Times of Crisis7
Who Is Credible? Government Popularity and the Catalytic Effect of IMF Lending7
Who Wants to be Legible? Digitalization and Intergroup Inequality in Kenya7
Ethnic Minorities, Interstate War, and Popular Support for Fiscal Capacity Development7
The Mobilizing Effect of Party System Polarization. Evidence From Europe7
Electoral Rules, Women’s Representation and the Qualification of Politicians6
Constituency Service and Electoral Accountability in Autocratic Legislatures6
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
The Holocaust, the Socialization of Victimhood and Outgroup Political Attitudes in Israel6
Political Budgetary Cycles in Autocratic Redistribution6
Standing up for Democracy? Explaining Citizens’ Support for Democratic Checks and Balances6
When Technocratic Appointments Signal Credibility6
Education Policies and Systems Across Modern History: A Global Dataset6
Fragmentation of Political Authority and Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship: Explaining Instances of Minority Accommodation in Israel and Estonia6
Party Competition and Cooperation Shape Affective Polarization: Evidence from Natural and Survey Experiments in Israel5
Partners in Crime: Comparative Advantage and Kidnapping Cooperation5
The Loser’s Long Curse: How Exposure to Class Conflict Shapes Election Outcomes5
Selective Bribery: When Do Citizens Engage in Corruption?5
Collusion, Co-Optation, or Evasion: The Politics of Drug Trafficking Violence in Central America5
What Men Want: Parties’ Strategic Engagement With Gender Quotas5
The Activists Who Divide Us: A Cross-Country Analysis of Party Activists’ Influence on Polarization and Representation5
Oil “Rents” and Political Development: What Do We Really Know About the Curse of Natural Resources?5
Democracy and State Development: Patterns of Public Spending in the First Two Waves of Democratization5
Progressive Ideology and Support for Punitive Crime Policy: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil5
Political Parties and Violence in Karachi, Pakistan5
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
Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence?5
The Electoral Consequences of International Migration in Sending Countries: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe4
Territorial Loss and Nationalist Populism4
Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior4
Voting in Clientelistic Social Networks: Evidence From the Philippines*4
Democratization Boost or Bust? Electoral Turnout After Democratic Transitions4
Declared Support and Clientelism4
Resource Wealth: A “Curse” for Labor Rights?4
Revolutionaries for Railways4
Democratic Reforms in Dictatorships: Elite Divisions, Party Origins, and the Prospects of Political Liberalization4
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
Policymakers’ Abortion Preferences: Understanding the Intersection of Gender and Wealth4
Drivers of Political Participation: The Role of Partisanship, Identity, and Incentives in Mobilizing Zambian Citizens4
Backlash or Progressive Mobilization? Voter Reactions to Perceived Trajectories of Women’s Representation4
The Political Legacies of Wartime Resistance: How Local Communities in Italy Keep Anti-fascist Sentiments Alive4
Closing Open Government: Grassroots Policy Conversion of China’s Open Government Information Regulation and Its Aftermath4
Privileging One’s Own? Voting Patterns and Politicized Spending in India3
The Way we Were: How Histories of Co-Governance Alleviate Partisan Hostility3
Brokering Bureaucrats: How Bureaucrats and Civil Society Facilitate Clientelism Where Parties are Weak3
Blood Avocados? Trade Liberalization and Cartel Violence in Mexico3
Democratic Ceilings: The Long Shadow of Nationalist Polarization in East Asia3
Tempering the Taste for Vengeance: Information About Prisoners and Policy Choices in Chile3
The Energy Transition and Support for the Radical Right: Evidence from the Netherlands3
State Absence, Vengeance, and the Logic of Vigilantism in Guatemala3
Betrayed by the Elites: How Corruption Amplifies the Political Effects of Recessions3
Online Disinformation Predicts Inaccurate Beliefs About Election Fairness Among Both Winners and Losers3
Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Global Warming3
The Pigmentocracy of Executive Approval3
“This is what the Bolsheviks do”: How Democratic Politicians Use Foreign Revolutions to Attract Voters3
Domestic Legitimacy, Coethnics Abroad, and the Shape of the Homeland3
Ministerial Autonomy, Parliamentary Scrutiny and Government Reform Output in Parliamentary Democracies3
China’s Low-Productivity Innovation Drive: Evidence From Patents3
Message or Messenger? Source and Labeling Effects in Authoritarian Response to Protest3
Gender and Clientelism: Do Expectations of Patronage Penalize Women Candidates in Legislative Elections?3
Gender and Political Compliance Under Authoritarian Rule3
Interpersonal Resources and Insider/Outsider Dynamics in Party Office3
Globalization Backlash in Developing Countries: Broadening the Research Agenda3
Collective Action Infrastructure: The Downstream Effects of Urban Neighborhood Organizing3
Imperial Rule and Long-Run Development: Evidence on the Role of Human Capital in Ottoman Europe3
Is There a First Mover Advantage in Lobbying? A Comparative Analysis of How the Timing of Mobilization Affects the Influence of Interest Groups in 10 Polities2
Election Frequency and Voter Turnout2
Containing Large-Scale Criminal Violence Through Internationalized Prosecution: How the Collaboration Between the CICIG and Guatemala’s Law Enforcement Contributed to a Sustained Reduction in the Murd2
Women’s Rights and Misperceived Gender Norms Under Authoritarianism2
Synthesizing Theories of Authoritarian Elections: A Game-Free Analysis2
Electing Women in Ethnically Divided Societies: Candidates, Campaigns, and Intersectionality in Bihar, India2
After the Genocide: Proximity to Victims and Support for Punishing Ingroup Crimes2
The Legacies of Rebel Rule in Southeast Turkey2
The Generative Power of Protest: Time and Space in Contentious Politics2
Perceived Inequality as an Impediment to Mass Taxation: Evidence From Latin America2
The Political Origins of Colonial Land Policy: Evidence From British India and French Algeria2
The Precolonial Origins of African Nationalism2
Long-Term Strategic Thinking, Cost Considerations, and the Partisan Politics of Ghent2
National Identity and Democracy Ratings2
Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy2
Perceptions of Social Mobility, Gender, and Progressive Politics2
State Concessions and Protest Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes2
When the Far Right Makes the News: Protest Characteristics and Media Coverage of Far-Right Mobilization in Europe2
Who Registers? Village Networks, Household Dynamics, and Voter Registration in Rural Uganda2
Strengthening the Rule of Law Through Community Policing: Evidence From Liberia2
How Erroneous Beliefs Trigger Authoritarian Collapse: The Case of Tunisia, January 14, 20112
Protest Brokers and the Technology of Mobilization: Evidence from South Africa2
The Extraterritorial Voting Rights and Restrictions Dataset (1950–2020)2
Conceptualizing and Measuring Citizens’ Preferences for Democracy: Taking Stock of Three Decades of Research in a Fragmented Field2
The Extraordinary Effect of Religious Sect Endorsements on Vote Choice: Evidence From Iglesia ni Cristo’s “Vote as One” Teaching2
How Moral Beliefs Influence Collective Violence. Evidence From Lynching in Mexico2
Foreign Direct Investment and Political Preferences in Non-Democratic Regimes2
Networks of Grievances: Social Capital and Mainstream Party Decline2
Participatory Censorship in Authoritarian Regimes2
More Liberty, More Rules? Abortion Policy and the Liberalization-Rule Nexus2
Bounded Democratization: How Military-Party Relations Shape Military-Led Democratization2
Erratum to Breaking the Cabinet’s Glass Ceiling: The Gendered Effect of Political Experience in Presidential Democracies2
The Law or the Career? Autocratic Judiciaries, Strategic Sentencing, and Political Repression2
The Distribution of Executive Power and Corruption: A Meta-Analytical Review2
Post-Communist Junctures, the Left, and Illiberalism: Theory with Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe2
Separated by Degrees: Social Closure by Education Levels Strengthens Contemporary Political Divides2
The Activist Personality: Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Opposition Activism in Authoritarian Regimes2
Information and Financialization: Credit Markets as a New Source of Inequality2
The Politics of Legislative Expansion in Africa2
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