Recent Issues of Comparative Politics:

Volume 40, Number 4, July 2008 Volume 40, Number 3, April 2008 Volume 40, Number 2, January 2008 Volume 40, Number 1, October 2007 Volume 39, Number 4, July 2007 Volume 39, Number 3, April 2007

Volume 39, Number 2, January 2007 Volume 39, Number 1, October 2006 Volume 38, Number 4, July 2006 Volume 38, Number 3, April 2006 Volume 38, Number 2, January 2006 Volume 38, Number 1, October 2005

Volume 40, Number 4, July 2008

• Ben Ross Schneider, "Economic Liberalization and Corporate Governance: The Resilience of Business Groups in Latin America"
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• Merike Blofield, "Women's Choices in Comparative Perspective: Abortion Policies in Late-Developing Catholic Countries"
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• David Art, "The Organizational Origins of the Contemporary Radical Right: The Case of Belgium"
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• Bo Rothstein and Dietlind Stolle, "The State and Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust"
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• Fotini Christia, "Following the Money: Muslim versus Muslim in Bosnia's Civil War"
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• Review Article: Richard Sakwa, "Two Camps? The Struggle to Understand Contemporary Russia"
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Volume 40, Number 3, April 2008

• Ana Maria Evans, "Preemptive Modernization and the Politics of Sectoral Defense: Adjustment to Globalization in the Portuguese Pharmacy Sector"
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• Robert G. Moser, "Electoral Systems and the Representation of Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from Russia"
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• Henry E. Hale, "The Double-Edged Sword of Ethnofederalism: Ukraine and the USSR in Comparative Perspective"
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• Zeynep Somer-Topcu and Laron K. Williams, "Survival of the Fittest? Cabinet Duration in Postcommunist Europe"
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• Amos Zehavi, "The Faith-Based Initiative in Comparative Perspective: Making Use of Religious Providers in Britain and the United States"
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• Review Article: Teresa Wright, "State-Society Relations in Reform-Era China: A Unique Case of Postsocialist State-Led Development?"
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Volume 40, Number 2, January 2008

• John Sidel, "Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Revisited: Colonial State and Chinese Immigrant in the Making of Modern Southeast Asia"
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• Frances Hagopian, "Latin American Catholicism in an Age of Religious and Political Pluralism: A Framework for Analysis"
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• Gary L Goodman and Jonathan T. Hiskey, "Exit without Leaving: Political Disengagement in High Migration Municipalities in Mexico"
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• Ozge Kemahlioglu, "Particularistic Distribution of Investment Subsidies under coalition Governments: The Case of Turkey"
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• Lianjiang Li, "Political Trust and Petitioning in the Chinese Countryside"
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• Review Article: Lisa Hilbink, "Assessing the New Constitutionalism"
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Volume 40, Number 1, October 2007

• J. Samuel Valenzuela, Timothy R. Scully, and Nicolás Somma, "The Enduring Presence of Religion in Chilean Ideological Positionings and Voter Options"
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• Christina Davis and Jennifer Oh, "Repeal of the Rice Laws in Japan: The Role of International Pressure to Overcome Vested Interests"
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• Linda J. Cook, "Negotiating Welfare in Postcommunist States"
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• Wim van Oorschot and Wilfred Uunk, "Welfare Spending and the Public's Concern for Immigrants: Multilevel Evidence for Eighteen European Countries"
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• Christian Albrekt Larsen, "How Welfare Regimes Generate and Erode Social Capital: The Impact of Underclass Phenomena"
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• Review Article: Veljko Vujačić, "Elites, Narratives, and Nationalist Mobilization in the Former Yugoslavia"
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Volume 39, Number 4, July 2007

• Niall Ó Murchú, "Split Labor Markets and Ethnic Violence after World War I: A Comparison of Belfast, Chicago, and Johannesburg"
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• Martin Höpner, "Corporate Governance Reform and the German Party Paradox"
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• Brian D. Taylor, "Force and Federalism: Controlling Coercion in Federal Hybrid Regimes"
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• Dinissa Duvanova, "Bureaucratic Corruption and Collective Action: Business Associations in the Postcommunist Transition"
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• Sandra F. Joireman, "Enforcing New Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Ugandan Constitution and the 1998 Land Act"
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• Review Article: Sabine Saurugger, "Collective Action in the European Union: From Interest Group Influence to Participation in Democracy"
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Volume 39, Number 3, April 2007

• Eduardo Alemán and Sebastián Saiegh, "Legislative Preferences, Political Parties, and Coalition Unity in Chile"
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• Christoffer Green-Pedersen, "The Conflict of Conflicts in Comparative Perspective: Euthanasia as a Political Issue in Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands"
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• Anthony Mughan, "Economic Insecurity and Welfare Preferences: A Micro-Level Analysis"
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• Lucy Mansergh and Robert Thomson, "Election Pledges, Party Competition, and Policymaking"
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• Devashree Gupta, "Selective Engagement and Its Consequences for Social Movement Organizations: Lessons from British Policy in Northern Ireland"
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• Review Article: Antonis A. Ellinas, "Phased Out: Far Right Parties in Western Europe"
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Volume 39, Number 2, January 2007

• Jacqueline M. Klopp and Elke Zuern, "The Politics of Violence in Democratization: Lessons from Kenya and South Africa"
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• Benjamin Goldfrank, "The Politics of Deepening Local Democracy: Decentralization, Party Institutionalization, and Participation"
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• Olena Nikolayenko, "The Revolt of the Post-Soviet Generation: Youth Movements in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine"
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• Karen M. Anderson and Julia Lynch, "Reconsidering Seniority Bias: Aging, Internal Institutions, and Union Support for Pension Reform"
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• Daniel Naurin, "Backstage Behavior? Lobbyists in Public and Private Settings in Sweden and the European Union"
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• Review Article: Fabrice Lehoucq, "Structural Reform, Democratic Governance, and Institutional Design in Latin America"
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Volume 39, Number 1, October 2006

• Andrew C. Mertha and William R. Lowry, "Unbuilt Dams: Seminal Events and Policy Change in China, Australia, and the United States"
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• Steven Levitsky and Scott Mainwaring, "Organized Labor and Democracy in Latin America"
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• Hilary Appel, "International Imperatives and Tax Reform: Lessons from Postcommunist Europe"
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• Vicky Randall, "Legislative Gender Quotas and Indian Exceptionalism: The Travails of the Women's Reservation Bill"
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• Bonnie N. Field, "Transitions to Democracy and Internal Party Rules: Spain in Comparative Perspective"
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• Review Article: Jan Erk, "Does Federalism Really Matter?"
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Volume 38, Number 4, July 2006

• Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, "Linkage versus Leverage: Rethinking the International Dimension of Regime Change"
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• Kathryn Hochstetler, "Rethinking Presidentialism: Challenges and Presidential Falls in South America"
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• Adrienne LeBas, "Polarization as Craft: Party Formation and State Violence in Zimbabwe"
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• Anirudh Krishna, "Poverty and Democratic Participation Reconsidered: Evidence from the Local Level in India"
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• Richard Sakwa, "From Revolution to Krizis: The Transcending Revolutions of 1989-91"
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• Review Article: Mitchell A. Orenstein and Hans Peter Schmitz, "The New Transnationalism and Comparative Politics"
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Volume 38, Number 3, April 2006

• Johannes Lindvall, "The Politics of Purpose: Swedish Economic Policy after the Golden Age"
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• Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, "When Do Elites Compete? The Determinants of Political Competition in Russian Regions"
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• Andrew C. Mertha, "Policy Enforcement Markets: How Bureaucratic Redundancy Contributes to Effective Intellectual Property Implementation in China"
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• Sanjay Ruparelia, "Rethinking Institutional Theories of Political Moderation: The Case of Hindu Nationalism in India, 1996-2004"
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• Matthew M. Taylor, "Veto and Voice in the Courts: Policy Implications of Institutional Design in the Brazilian Judiciary"
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• Review Article: Omar G. Encarnación, "Civil Society Reconsidered"
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Volume 38, Number 2, January 2006

• Kenneth M. Roberts, "Populism, Political Conflict, and Grass-Roots Organization in Latin America"
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• Lorraine Bayard de Volo, "The Nonmaterial Long-Term Benefits of Collective Action: Empowerment and Social Capital in a Nicaraguan Women’s Organization"
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• Fredrik Uggla, "Global Demands and National Politics: Attac in France and Sweden"
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• Linda Racioppi and Katherine O’Sullivan See, "Engendering Democratic Transition from Conflict: Women's Inclusion in Northern Ireland's Peace Process"
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• Regina Smyth, "Strong Partisans, Weak Parties? Party Organizations and the Development of Mass Partisanship in Russia"
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• Review Article: Alexander J. Motyl, "Is Everything Empire? Is Empire Everything?"
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Volume 38, Number 1, October 2005

• Raúl Madrid, "Ethnic Cleavages and Electoral Volatility in Latin America"
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• Kurt Weyland, "The Diffusion of Innovations: How Cognitive Heuristics Shaped Bolivia's Pension Reform"
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• Andrew Schrank, "Entrepreneurship, Export Diversification, and Economic Reform: The Birth of a Developmental Community in the Dominican Republic"
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• Alfred P. Montero, "The Politics of Decentralization in a Centralized Party System: The Case of Democratic Spain"
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• Dorothy J. Solinger, "Path Dependency Reexamined: Chinese Welfare Policy in the Transition to Unemployment"
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• Review Article: Daniel P. Aldrich, "Controversial Project Siting: State Policy Instruments and Flexibility"
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