GL04 Comparative Politics

The Comparative Politics track welcomes proposals for individual papers, open panels and closed panels on any topic in the field of comparative politics, including (but not limited to) political regime, political institutions, government formation, political violence, political discourse and media, judicial politics, and identity politics. Proposals may come from any methodological tradition (quantitative methods, qualitative methods, formal models, etc.) and cover any geographical area as well as any level of analysis (national, sub-national, group, individual, etc.). This track particularly welcomes proposals that address key questions regarding the congress theme "Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies.” To name a few examples, papers or panels may discuss the determinants of autocratization and/or democratization, policy tools and tactics used by a variety of political actors involved in the process of regime change (autocrats, opposition leaders, civil society actors, etc.), determinants of popular support for (or opposition to) autocrats, the impact of external actors on the regime outcome, and so on. Proposals by scholars from the Global South are particularly welcomed. This track also invites proposals for methodological papers and panels that seek to make general contributions to the political science literature.