Nearly five billion people around the world now use social media, and this number
continues to grow. One of the primary goals of social media platforms is to capture and …

We review recent contributions to the modeling of democratic backsliding. We organize
these theories according to (a) the source of constraints on the executive (vertical or …

The twenty‐first century has been one of democratic backsliding. This has stimulated wide‐
ranging scholarship on the causes of democratic erosion. Yet an overarching framework that …

Are young people less likely to punish undemocratic behaviour? I employ experimental data
from five studies, ten countries, and seventeen unique country-year samples to reassess the …

Anti‐pluralist parties have come to power in democracies around the world. However, only a
subset of them have induced democratic backsliding while in government, raising the …

Democratic stability hinges on voters' commitment to democratic norms, yet there are many
examples of voters' willingness to tolerate politicians who violate such principles. This article …

Conjoint experiments are often used to mimic political choices that people face, such as
voting for public officials or selecting news stories. Conjoint designs, however, do not always …

Why do citizens in post-authoritarian democracies perceive that there is high respect for
individual human rights in their country when objective indicators suggest differently …

The rich literature on election trust predominantly uses domestic determinants as
explanatory factors. But given the international nature of the autocratization wave, can an …

Many democracies around the world face the challenge of democratic recession and
autocratization as democratically elected incumbents increasingly show autocratic …