Subfield: Comparative Politics / Subfield: Comparative Politics

Kathleen Ann Gergely, Indiana University-Bloomington

Accelerating Institutional Change: From Gradual Change to Critical Junctures - Henry Harrison, University of California-Riverside

A Comparative Study on the Industrialization Between the Soviet Union and the Major Western Countries - Li Li, Kashi University; Xiaoyang Ma, Kashi University; Jiang Tao, Nankai University

Cultural Capital, Social Mobility, and Class Domination: A Comparison of Institutionalized Education in Ming China and Tokugawa Japan - Yihao Lu, East China Normal University; Xiongfu Xiao, Duke University

Land and the Origins of Contemporary Politics in Asia - William Hurst, University of Cambridge

State-Building, State-Society Relations, Political Leadership, and External Actor: The Cases of South Korea (1945-1953) and South Vietnam (1954-1963) - Yongjun Ko, University of Delaware

State Legitimacy and the Dynamics of Resistance: Ethnic Minorities under the Nguyen Dynasty and French Colonial Rule - Vu Luong, University of Florida

The Similarities and Differences of the People's Commune System of New China and the Agricultural Ownership of the Soviet Union - Dilinuer Abudureyimu, Kashi University; Dong Li, Kashi University; Jiang Tao, Nankai University

Why Institutions Fail: The Origins of Stable States - Daniel Lowery, Harvard University