Nicholas Rush Smith

Delighted to see "How Cases Speak to One Another" in APSR! It provides a new way for scholars to think about how their work produces broad insights beyond the cases from which they developed their original theories. It's OA, so read and use it!

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New article on Fast Track by Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell and Yujeong Yang, “The Political Legacy of Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New article on Fast Track by Olena Nikolayenko, “Emotional Contagion and Labor Mobilization in an Autocracy,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

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New article on Fast Track by Benedikt Bender, Katharina Bluhm, Stanislav Klimovich, Sabine Kropp, Ulla Pape, and Claudius Wagemann, “Why Are State-Business Relations Formalized in Russia’s Authoritarian Regime? A Set-Theoretic Analysis,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

What's in a title? A lot, if this awesome new article in @comppol.bsky.social by Adam Almqvist is anything to judge by. Why would autocrat governments create NGOs, an ostensibly independent source of power? Find out 👇

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Check out my review of some exciting new books in qualitative methods!

Quite an honor to be reviewed by @ajayverghese.bsky.social -- and in such great company! It was a privilege to work with Jen to bring Doing Good Qualitative Research into the world, and I’m thrilled that Ajay saw the book as the public good we hoped it would be.

Very nice and really thoughtful review of new work on qualitative methods (with some fair criticisms of our *Integrated Inferences* book!).

Looking forward now to spending more time reading *Doing Good Qualitative Research* and *Qualitative Literacy*

Thanks for sharing and engaging!

Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇

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12) Review Articles: We accept review articles that make original arguments about an important body of research by engaging recent books on the topic. Review articles are peer reviewed and allow scholars to make broad theoretical claims while informing readers about the state of a given field.

11) Special Issues: We accept special issue proposals on a topic of importance within comparative politics. Special issues allow guest editors to shape how the discipline should see a topic of interest, while bringing excellent peer reviewed research to broad attention.

10) Epistemically and Methodologically Open: Although we are the home for high-quality case-based research, we are methodologically and epistemically neutral. We accept research of all types, so long as it is theoretically driven, of high quality, and speaks to questions in the field at large.

9) Theory-Driven Articles: Although our articles are rooted in deep case knowledge, they speak to broad issues in comparative politics. We seek work that is theory-driven, that asks big questions about politics around the globe, and that will contribute to conversations outside of a specific region.

8) Dedicated to Emerging Scholars: We are dedicated to fair consideration of work submitted by all scholars regardless of their academic rank or institution. We are deeply proud when we publish first-time authors and love to foster future leaders in the field.

Editors Editors-in-Chief Eva Bellin, Brandeis University Nicholas Rush Smith, SOAS University of London Editorial Committee Vincent Boudreau, Graduate Center and City College of New York, CUNY Yitzhak Brudny,...

7) Leading Scholars as Editors and Reviewers: Our editors and reviewers are leading regional and substantive experts. So, even if we cannot publish an article, respected scholars are reading the work seriously. See our incredible editorial committee here: jcp.gc.cuny.edu/about/editors/

6) Our Amazing Managing Editor, Yekaterina Oziashvili: Kat knows the field like no one else. She finds the perfect reviewers for the topic and knows which reviewers give great feedback. She makes sure the journal’s review process is efficient, fair, and helps authors improve their work.

5) The Leading Venue for Qualitative Comparative Research: Comparative Politics is the discipline’s home of qualitative case-based research whether rooted in comparative historical analysis, process tracing, in-depth interviews, or ethnographic field work. Our authors and reviewers know our cases.

4) Fast Reviews: Our average time to a first decision is 29 days (including articles that are desk rejected) and 63 days for articles sent out for review. Our editors and reviewers know that scholars prize high-quality feedback and that they prize it quickly.

3) Independent: Comparative Politics is run by an independent non-profit foundation, not a for-profit corporation. Our editors and reviewers work for the public good, not private profit.

2) High Quality Articles: Comparative Politics typically accepts between six and nine percent of the articles submitted each year. So, articles are thoroughly vetted by reviewers and editors and of superlative quality. Publishing in CP is a big deal.

1) Top Tier Journal: Comparative Politics is a Q1 journal, ranked in the top quarter of all political science journals by impact factor. Our work gets cited.

The lifeblood of a journal is the academic community of which it is a part, including reviewers, readers, and aspiring authors. So, here are a dozen reasons why scholars should submit their work for consideration at Comparative Politics:

I'm honored to have become co-Editor-in-Chief of Comparative Politics, alongside Eva Bellin of Brandeis. After thirty years of amazing service, Lenny Markowitz and Ken Erickson, have passed the torch. Along with our extraordinary editorial committee, I'm excited to see the journal into its next era.

A New Era of Editorial Leadership at Comparative Politics
With the first issue of the 58th volume of Comparative Politics, we mark a change in the guard of the leadership of the journal.

20th annual Methods Café Thursday, September 11th 4:00-5:30 pm PDT, Marriott Point Grey Room. The Interpretive Methods and Methodologies group is delighted to host our 20th annual Methods Café, an opportunity for social scientists at all career levels to learn more about interpretive methods in an informal setting. Read more about the Methods Café, topics, and experts here: https://www.interpretivemethods.com/methods-cafe-2025

You're invited to learn more about interpretive methods at the 20th annual IMM Methods Cafe at #APSA2025! Sept. 11, 4-5:30 pm, Marriot Point Grey Room.

This is the kind of article APSR used to be famous for. The ones that make your brain explode, that challenge you, confuse you, test your patience, and make you smarter by making you realize your limitations. Well done Erica Simmons and @nickrushsmith.bsky.social‬ 👏

That’s incredibly kind of you! Thank you so much and I’m delighted to hear the article was so useful to think with!

New article on Fast Track by @kaimthaler.bsky.social “From Insurgent to Incumbent: Ideology, Rebel Governance, and Statebuilding after Rebel Victory in Civil Wars,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

For those podcast inclined, Nick Cheesman's Interpretive Political and Social Science podcast series on the New Books Network is an excellent resource, with interviews of exemplary authors and editors of interpretivist works: newbooksnetwork.com/category/spe...

Marcus Kreuzer, Podcast Episode · New Books in Political Science · 04/22/2025 · 59m

Great conversation here in the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social political science feed on Marcus Kreuzer’s wonderful book on comparative historical analysis and ways to synthesize positivist and interpretive approaches to the study of history. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...