Comparative Government and Politics is a field that critically examines the array of governmental systems and political practices across diverse states. By systematically analysing institutions, ...

Kelly McMann, professor of political science, co-authored “Explaining Subnational Regime Variation: Country-level Factors,” newly published in Comparative Politics. In their piece, the authors examine ...

Jennifer Gandhi, a political scientist whose work in comparative politics focuses on authoritarian regimes and transitions to democracy, was recently appointed the Howard Wang ’95 Professor of Global ...

Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak, not limited ...