The initial optimism that greeted the onset of the “Third Wave” of democratization has cooled
with the instability of many new democracies and the proliferation of stable competitive …

What are the political and economic consequences of contention (ie, genocide, civil war,
state repression/human rights violation, terrorism, and protest)? Despite a significant amount …

Elections are held in nearly all countries in the contemporary world. Yet despite their aim of
allowing for peaceful transfers of power, elections held outside of consolidated democracies …

Over the last few decades, drug trafficking organizations in Latin America became infamous
for their shocking public crimes, from narcoterrorist assaults on the Colombian political …

Democracy and Displacement in Colombia's Civil War is one of few books available in
English to provide an overview of the Colombian civil war and drug war. Abbey Steele draws …

Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa, even where multiparty elections have become the dominant mode of …

Few government programs that aid democracy abroad today seek to foster regime change.
Technical programs that do not confront dictators are more common than the aid to …

In response to corruption and inefficient state institutions in recipient countries, some foreign
aid donors outsource the delivery of aid to nonstate development actors. Other donor …

Over the past two decades, donors increasingly link foreign aid to democracy objectives in
Africa. This study investigates whether and how foreign aid influences specific outcomes …

Settlements to civil conflict, which are notably difficult to secure, sometimes contain clauses
enabling the combatant sides to participate as political parties in post-conflict elections. In …