Comparative Politics

Our April 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.3) is now available: ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

New Review Article on Fast Track by Marcus Johnson, “Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality,” doi.org/10.5129/001041…

Courts w/t enforcement pwr don’t monitor every decis'n; they intervene when pub pressure threatens their rep'n. Using 6,000+ cases from the Const'l Court of Ecuador, authors show civ society signals drive jud'l oversight, revealing compliance is shaped more by pressure than pwr.

New article on Fast Track by @pvkastner & @SantiagoBasabeS, “Monitoring High Court Rulings in New Democracies,” doi.org/10.5129/001041…

This article examines whether opposition silence on anti-LGBTQI legislation helps liberal challengers avoid electoral penalties. It shows that avoidance strategies don’t boost electoral support & erode perceptions of moral leadership while weakening support for LGBTQI rights.

New article on Fast Track by @Phillip_Ayoub & Sam Whitt, “Silence or Solidarity? The Political Pitfalls of an LGBTQI Avoidance Strategy in Hungary,” doi.org/10.5129/001041…

Pub. consultation should make constitutions more democratic, but what if elites interpret input to confirm their choices? Using interviews in Chile and Cuba, Martin introduces “will-confirmation”—how participation becomes elite legitimation rather than a check on interpretation.

New article on Fast Track by Matthew Martin, “From Citizen Input to Elite Legitimation: The Logic of Will-Confirmation in Constitution-Making,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

Open Access research article in our April 2026 issue: Adam Almqvist, “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance,” ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cun…

Why do some hard-fought social movement policy wins endure while others fade? Evidence from 17 mining conflicts in Ecuador and Peru shows that durability hinges on mobilization after policy adoption, esp by pushing inside the state and securing decisions at the highest levels.

New article on Fast Track by Eduardo Silva and Zaraí Toledo Orozco, “Beyond Implementation: Policy Durability and Social Movements in Extractive Conflicts,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

When do corrupt incumbents agree to indep. international anti-corruption commissions? This article finds that gov't insiders and civil society orgs can work together and leverage their agenda-setting power & expertise to ensure the autonomy of hybrid anti-corruption initiatives.

New article on Fast Track by @rachel_schwartz “International Anti-Corruption Commissions: Explaining Institutional Design and Autonomy,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

Why would cash-transfer beneficiaries reduce support for these programs when poverty grows? Drawing on evidence from Argentina, this Ayelén Vanegas shows that when recipients perceive transfers as ineffective, they shift toward supporting longer-term social investment policies.

New article on Fast Track by @Aye_Vanegas “Dynamic Preferences for Redistribution: Understanding Welfare Support in Argentina,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

Our January 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.2) is now available: ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

This article examines long-term effects of authoritarian violence on outgroup intolerance in Indonesia. Findings highlight historical legacies of state-led ethnic violence under dictatorship as a source of political intolerance in present-day democratic societies.

New article on Fast Track by @SKimLeffingwell @Yujeong1107 “The Political Legacy of Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

When do industrial workers protest in an autocracy? This article argues that emotional contagion explains a short-term spike in labor mobilization against the regime.

New article on Fast Track by Olena Nikolayenko, “Emotional Contagion and Labor Mobilization in an Autocracy,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…