The comparative politics subfield has wide ranging interests that encompass democratization, political institutions, political parties, identity, social mobilization, political communication, and politics of the environment.  Our area specialties include Latin America, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe (both Eastern and Western). We are methodologically eclectic, employing both qualitative and quantitative methods in our research, and offering training in comparative methods to supplement  the department’s regular methods sequence.

Political Science Faculty
Amit Ahuja (Starting Fall, 2008): Politics of South Asia
Kathleen Bruhn: Latin American/Mexican politics; democratization; political competition
Laurie Freeman: Japanese politics; political communication (media)
Cynthia Kaplan: Russian and Baltic politics; ethnicity, political behavior and public opinion, social mobilization, framing, democratization, and qualitative methods
Lorelei Moosbrugger: European politics; environment; policy, institutions, and communication
Heather Stoll: Politics of advanced industrial democracies; political institutions; political parties and elections; social cleavages; ethnic politics

Affiliated Faculty and Collaborators
Fernando Lopez-Alves (Department of Sociology, Affiliated Faculty): political sociology, comparative historical sociology, Latin American society and politics

Lecturers
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