This article reviews the literature on historical persistence in political science and the related
social sciences. Historical persistence refers to causal effects that (a) operate over time …

Does political violence leave a lasting legacy on identities, attitudes, and behaviors? We
argue that violence shapes the identities of victims and that families transmit these effects …

This article demonstrates historically and statistically that conversionary Protestants (CPs)
heavily influenced the rise and spread of stable democracy around the world. It argues that …

This article examines the long-term consequences of a historical human capital intervention.
The Jesuit order founded religious missions in 1609 among the Guaraní, in modern-day …

" On November 7, 2017, conservative opponents of" gender ideology" burned the American
feminist theorist Judith Butler in effigy on the street in front of the art institute Sesc Pompeia …

Despite the fact that countries transitioned to democracy, many citizens residing in
peripheral regions continue to live under undemocratic rule. Democrats and Autocrats …

The interconnection between international organizations (IOs) membership and
democratization has become a topic of intense debate. However, the main focus of the …

To what extent did sub‐Saharan Africa's twentieth century schooling revolution benefit boys
and girls equally? Using census data and a cohort approach, we examine gender gaps in …

There is a rich body of theorizing on the diffusion of democracy across space and time.
There is also an emerging scholarship on authoritarian diffusion. The dynamics of the …

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human
capital, labor, and technology—together with standard growth models to frame the role of …