Chapter 9

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Posner, D. N. (September 2007). Regime Change and Ethnic Cleavages in Africa. Comparative Political Studies 40(11). 1302-1327.

• Explain the author’s main argument and how he characterizes it in relationship to the existing scholarship.
   
• What methods does he use? What are his variables?
   
• What are his conclusions?

Aleman, J. & Yang, D. D. (September 2011). A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides. Comparative Political Studies 44(9). 1123-1151.

• Outline the scholarly debates the authors are responding to, and describe how their article fits within those debates. What is their main argument and how does it differ from prior findings?
   
• What method or approach do the authors use? What are their variables?
   
• What are their results?

Smith, I.O. (May 2013). Election Boycotts and Hybrid Regime Survival. Comparative Political Studies XX(X). 1-23.

• Why does the author propose to study boycotts? What larger problem do they help us understand? What is the author’s main research question about them?
   
• What hypotheses does he propose and how does he test them?
   
• What are his conclusions?