Substantive areas of research   As a modern sub-discipline, comparative politics is constituted by research across a range of substantive areas .
<meaning-changed> Substantive areas of research   As a modern sub-discipline, comparative politics is constituted by research across a range of substantive areas .
Substantive areas of research By some definitions, comparative politics can be traced back to Greek philosophy, as Plato's Republic and Aristotle's The Politics. As a modern sub-discipline, comparative politics is constituted by research across a range of substantive areas .