Who are the people who, in the face of extreme repression, unexpectedly take to the streets
en masse in an authoritarian state? This article aims to answer this question with reference …

An emerging consensus holds that nonviolent resistance campaigns are more successful
than violent campaigns, partly because they attract more participants. Yet, we lack an …

This book mathematically analyzes the basic problems of biology, decision making and
psychology within the framework of the theory of open quantum systems. In recent years …

Democracy is weakened when citizens and elites do not criticize actions or actors that
undermine its principles. Yet this study documents a widespread pattern of partisan …

Is there evidence of significant ethno‐linguistic/ethno‐national rallying around the nation in
Ukraine—as social science would have us expect in times of conflict? And, if so, might we …

Drawing on three theoretical perspectives—“protest-democracy,”“authoritarian/patronal
regime dynamics,” and “contentious politics”—developed in the study of popular protests in …

Does increasing Internet access and use challenge authoritarian elections? I argue that
Internet access provides both opposition supporters and government authorities with new …

Economic vulnerability has been linked to pro-democracy protests in autocracies. This study
suggests that the economically vulnerable are also more likely to participate in protests in …

Is coordinated anti-regime voting by opposition-minded citizens possible in authoritarian
settings where the opposition does not coalesce against the regime? If so, what are the …

In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984—which has become a bestseller among Russians
after their country invaded Ukraine in February 2022 1—a dictatorship wages war not to …