<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Comparative Politics</title><description>Analysis, data and visualizations to study democracy and autocratization without giving up rigor.</description><link>https://politicacomparada.org/</link><language>en</language><item><title>What is autocratization?</title><link>https://politicacomparada.org/en/analyses/what-is-autocratization/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://politicacomparada.org/en/analyses/what-is-autocratization/</guid><description>The process through which a democracy loses checks and balances without a coup, and why the sequence matters as much as the outcome.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Autocratic dynamics and democratic backsliding: what GDELT lets us see</title><link>https://politicacomparada.org/en/analyses/autocratic-dynamics-gdelt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://politicacomparada.org/en/analyses/autocratic-dynamics-gdelt/</guid><description>How GDELT event data helps study protest, repression and authoritarian adaptation, and what the measurement leaves out.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Varieties of democracy: how backsliding is measured</title><link>https://politicacomparada.org/en/analyses/varieties-of-democracy-vdem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://politicacomparada.org/en/analyses/varieties-of-democracy-vdem/</guid><description>What V-Dem indices measure, how regimes are classified and why a change of 0.1 does not by itself signal democratic collapse.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>