Do socioeconomic disparities between ethnic groups influence whether a country
democratizes and remains democratic? I propose that, on average, high levels of ethnic …

Using large-scale survey data covering more than 110 countries and exploiting within-
country variation across cohorts and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure …

This paper studies the conditions under which the use of expansionary fiscal policy may
mitigate the risk of initiation, escalation, and repeated cycles of conflict on the African …

How does economic globalization affect regime support in non-democratic regimes? While
we know a lot about how globalization affects politics in democracies, we know only little …

This study examines the political economy underlying the design and implementation of
land acquisition and restructuring, a territorial policy aimed at reducing affluence disparity. It …

Background As countries at global and regional levels work towards achieving the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, which emphasises the establishment and …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the level of democracy and fiscal-
policy response to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. We use a novel …

How have crime, conflict, and violence shaped the social structure of neighbourhoods
across diverse spatial and temporal landscapes in marginalised urban communities? To …

This paper conducts a systematic review and comparative analysis of the institutional
impacts of nonviolent versus violent revolutions. It examines sixty-six quantitative studies …

Do mutually reinforcing cleavages harm democracy? Evidence from specific cases suggests
that autocratization can be related to the predicament of ethnic groups, if ethnicity is …