The celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall provoked a
debate on the outcomes of the transition process in the post-communist countries, including …

Why do democracy protests emerge in some countries at certain times, but not in others?
Why do governments accommodate these protests, undertaking sweeping reforms in some …

The Maidan protests provide us with insights into Ukrainian society and the dynamics of
mobilisation more generally. Based on the EuroMaidan Protest Participant Survey, on-site …

While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity
problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. This article attempts to …

Most electoral fraud is not conducted centrally by incumbents but rather locally by a
multitude of political operatives. How does an incumbent ensure that his agents deliver fraud …

Vote-buying and voter intimidation are costly, complicated, and risky ways to manage
elections. Why, then, do hybrid regimes utilize such tactics rather than ballot stuffing or …

Since the 19th century, there has been a slow transformation in the nature of the norms that
regulate political competition and the uses of state power. Monarchies whose legitimating …

Despite the burgeoning comparative literature on electoral authoritarian regimes, fewer
studies have accounted for the emergence of hegemonic and competitive authoritarian …

Do international election observers deter or spur violence after election day? This article
argues that only when conceptually and empirically distinguishing between violence by …

Scholars rank problems in economic performance among the most important reasons for the
collapse of autocratic regimes. This study forms no exception and explores the effect of …