DIVISION 12: Comparative Politics in Developing Countries

The Emergence of the Formal Economy in a Developing Economy:  The Case of Ghana - Arielle Mercedes Badger Newman, University of Utah

The Political Economy of Industrial Upgrading: The Case of Mexico’s PROSOFT - Mariana Rangel-Padilla, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Clientelism and Corruption: Why Voters Sometimes Support Corrupt Politicians - Mogens K. Justesen, Copenhagen Business School; Louise Thorn Bøttkjær, Copenhagen Business School

Democracy and Its Discontents and Costa Rica's 2018 Elections - Nancy D. Lapp, California State University, Sacramento

Disaggregating Policing in China - Yuchen Liu, Northwestern University

Effects of Cross-National Investment on Domestic Governance in the Middle East - Joseph Florence, Cornell University

Explaining Demand Fractionalization Across Countries - Vania Ximena Velasco Guachalla, University of Colorado Boulder

An Analysis of Elite Rehabilitations in Lengthening Leader Tenure in Africa - Brittney Danielle Koehnlein, Ball State University

How the Violation of Civil Rights Helps the Survival of Unequal Democracies - Matias Lopez, Weatherhead Center - Harvard University and UC Chile

Populism and Voter Mobilization in the 2016 South African Local Elections - Michael J Braun

Fungibility of Foreign Aid and Democratization - Steven R. Hall, Ball State University; Misa Nishikawa, Ball State University