Before revision: As a modern sub-discipline, comparative politics is constituted by research across a range of substantive areas, including the study of: Politics of democratic states Politics of authoritarian states Public goods provision and distributive politics Political violence Political identity, including ethnic and religious politics Democratization and regime change Elections and electoral and party systems Political economy of development Collective action Voting behavior Origins of the state Comparative political institutions Methodologies for comparative political research While many researchers, research regimes, and research institutions are identified according to the above categories or foci, it is not uncommon to claim geographic or country specialization as the differentiating category.
After revision: Quantitative politics with democracy indicesAs a modern sub-discipline, comparative politics is constituted by research across a range of substantive areas, including the study of: Politics of democratic states Politics of authoritarian states Public goods provision and distributive politics Political violence Political identity, including ethnic and religious politics Democratization and regime change Elections and electoral and party systems Political economy of development Collective action Voting behavior Origins of the state Comparative political institutions Methodologies for comparative political research While many researchers, research regimes, and research institutions are identified according to the above categories or foci, it is not uncommon to claim geographic or country specialization as the differentiating category.