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Commonwealth and Comparative Politics Template

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About the Commonwealth and Comparative Politics format

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Political Conflict and Governance.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Conflict and Governance International Development and Aid Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
ISSN1466-2043
Citation impact (2-yr)1.49
h-index52
i10-index324
Total citations13,463
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of London
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics per year

44
2014
42
2015
49
2016
46
2017
49
2018
45
2019
44
2020
34
2021
49
2022
40
2023
35
2024
29
2025

Citation impact of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics by publication year

482
2014
494
2015
456
2016
968
2017
605
2018
738
2019
327
2020
177
2021
520
2022
174
2023
52
2024
44
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Neopatrimonialism Reconsidered: Critical Review and Elaboration of an Elusive Concept

Gero Erdmann, Ulf Engel · 1 Feb 2007

Abstract The article provides a critical discussion of the literature on ‘patrimonialism’ and ‘neopatrimonialism’ in Development Studies in general and African Studies in particular. Based on Max Weber's concept of patrimonialism and legal-rational bureaucracy the authors present their own definition of ‘neopatrimonialism’. Three key conceptual questions are addressed. These are related to the operationalisation of…

Voting intentions in Africa: ethnic, economic or partisan?

Michaël Bratton, Ravi Bhavnani, Tse-Hsin Chen · 1 Feb 2012

This paper offers a first comprehensive account of popular voting intentions in Africa's new electoral democracies. With reference to aggregate and survey data from 16 countries, this paper shows that competitive elections in Africa are more than mere ethnic censuses or simple economic referenda. Instead, Africans engage in both ethnic and economic voting. Not surprisingly,…

Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana

Gordon Crawford, Gabriel Botchwey · 9 Feb 2017

As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as…

Patrimonialism and neopatrimonialism: comparative trajectories and readings

Daniel Bach · 1 Jul 2011

There is a striking contrast between the dissemination of the concept of neopatrimonial rule in Africa and its more parsimonious mobilisation outside the continent. The increasing assimilation of the African neopatrimonial state to integral and predatory forms of politics has contributed to its perception as a global prototype of the ‘anti-developmental’ state. The article contrasts…

Historical perspectives on participation in development

Andréa Cornwall · 1 Mar 2006

Abstract Participation in development came to be popularised in the 1990s as a novel, common-sense way to address a range of development ills. Its institutionalisation over the course of that decade in the discourses, if not the practices, of many mainstream development organisations promised a new approach that would give ‘the poor’ more voice and…

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Commonwealth and Comparative Politics format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Commonwealth and Comparative Politics template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Commonwealth and Comparative Politics use?
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 12 (3): 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Commonwealth and Comparative Politics document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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