Comparative Politics

Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and...

The first wave of democratization in the United States - the removal of property and taxpaying qualifications for the right to vote - was accompani...

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competiti...

What does it mean to be resilient in a societal or in an international context? Where does resilience come from? From which discipline was it 'impo...

The post-cold war era has seen an unmistakable trend toward the proliferation of violent non-state groups-variously labeled terrorists, rebels, par...

Daniel Pipes has collected some of his sharpest and most prescient writings from the quarter century 19892014. In them, he addresses a range of cur...

Secession and the Sovereignty Game offers a comprehensive strategic theory for how secessionist movements attempt to win independence. Combining or...

In today's precarious world, working people's experiences are strangely becoming more alike even as their disparities sharpen. The Fight for Time e...

Ever thought about what Tinder advice Naomi Wolf would give you?Ever wondered what Andrea Dworkin would think about your Brazilian wax? Or what Mar...

Arguing that a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict depends on a resolution of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict wi...

International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic med...

June 2016 represents a significant moment in British history. The decision to leave the European Union at the most critical period since its existe...

Where Did the Revolution Go? considers the apparent disappearance of the large social movements that have contributed to democratization. Revived b...

Although customary international law has long been an important source of rights and obligations in international relations, there has been extensi...

In The Roots of Resilience Meredith L. Weiss examines governance from the ground up in the world's two most enduring electoral authoritarian or hyb...