In their recent article, @pvkastner.bsky.social and Santiago Basabe-Serrano explain when and why high courts in new democracies engage in post-decision monitoring to secure compliance with their rulings www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

In our latest issue, @erains.bsky.social uses original household survey data from over 200 Indian informal settlements, with social network data from a subset, to argue that hyper-local neighborhood context conditions politically relevant outcomes. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

Mari Aburamoto and Masatomo Torikai argue in our latest volume that minor opposition parties persist - despite little chance of winning - because authoritarian regimes deliberately structure political competition. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

ICYMI | Our October issue is currently out! Check out Matthew Martin's article introducing will-confirmation in constitution making and how it operates amid crises of representation. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

ICYMI | Covering the Big Tigers in China Check out our fast track article by Yixuan Zhang on patronage ties and political signaling within elite circles in China. Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

ICYMI | Vol. 59 No. 1 Check out the latest issue featuring: Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake, Irene Morlino, Matthew Martin, Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner, Santiago Basabe-Serrano, Emily Rains, Mari Aburamoto, Masatomo Torikai, and Kevin Wei Luo 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Why do authoritarian regimes tolerate minor opposition parties with little chance of winning power? Mari Aburamoto and Masatomo Torikai argue that such parties persist because regimes deliberately structure political competition. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

How is between-group inequality related to collective action in broker-mediated patronage systems? Emily Rains argues that hyper-local neighborhood context conditions politically relevant outcomes. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

When & why do high courts in new democracies engage in post-decision monitoring to secure compliance with their rulings? Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner and Santiago Basabe-Serrano develop a theory of strategic monitoring in their recent article. Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

Constitution-making is cast as a state-society dialogue, with public consultation sustaining the legal fiction that "the people" write the social contract. Matthew Martin introduces will-confirmation and how it operates amid crises of representation. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

How do government-led social safety net programs in areas of violence, conflict, & state fragility shape trust in governments? Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake, & Irene Morlino find that knowledge of governments' roles can be a double-edged sword. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

Why do revolutions produce sometimes strong yet unstable states after revolutionary victory? Kevin Wei Luo examines patterns of subnational-level state building in Communist China after 1949 in our most recent issue. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...

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📣 New Issue Release | Vol. 59 No. 1 Check our new issue featuring: Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake, Irene Morlino, Matthew Martin, Pablo Valdivieso-Kastner, Santiago Basabe-Serrano, Emily Rains, Mari Aburamoto, Masatomo Torikai, and Kevin Wei Luo 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

ICYMI | Vol. 58 No. 4 Check out our previous issue featuring articles by Eduardo Silva, Zaraí Toledo Orozco, Rachel A. Schwartz, Ayelén Vanegas, Phillip M. Ayoub, Sam Whitt, and Marcus Johnson. 📖 Read: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Check out our recent review articles: "Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality" by Marcus Johnson doi.org/10.5129/0010...

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New article by Yixuan Zhang, “Covering the Big Tigers in China: Patronage Ties and Political Signaling within Elite Circles,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

New article by @adellag.bsky.social, Milli Lake, & Irene Morlino, “The Information Paradox: Aid, Social Protection, and the Social Contract in Areas of Conflict and State Fragility,” doi.org/10.5129/0010... @lseir.bsky.social

New article by Renhao Ye “Hydraulic State: Hydropower Construction and Extension of State Capacity in Contemporary China,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

New article by @kevinweiluo.bsky.social “The Sirens of Revolution: Revolutionary Legacies and State Building in Early Communist China,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

New article by @erains.bsky.social “Toward a Local View of Between-Group Inequality: Fractured Broker Networks and the Implications for Mobilization in Urban Slums,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

New article by Mari Aburamoto and Masatomo Torikai, “Legitimacy and Control: The Strategic Use of Minor Opposition Parties in Authoritarian Elections,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

In 2025, we accepted 6 percent of submissions for publication. Our average decision time was 23 days. The average decision time for only externally reviewed manuscripts was 67 days.

Our July 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.4) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New Review Article on Fast Track by Marcus Johnson, “Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

New article on Fast Track by @pvkastner.bsky.social & Santiago Basabe-Serrano, “Monitoring High Court Rulings in New Democracies,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

New article on Fast Track by @payoub.bsky.social & Sam Whitt, “Silence or Solidarity? The Political Pitfalls of an LGBTQI Avoidance Strategy in Hungary,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

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

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,” www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/c...