This study explores the effect of natural resource production on the corruption of local public
officials in China. We introduce a novel, micro-level data set on the production of three major …

Unrest in the Xinjiang region of China currently poses the most imminent threat to the
internal security of China and to central government control over peripheral regions …

Die Situation in Chinas nordwestlicher Region Xinjiang hat in den letzten Jahren
zunehmende internationale Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Berichte über Masseninternierungen …

China's mistreatment of its Uyghur minority has drawn international condemnation and
sanctions. The repression gripping Xinjiang is also hugely costly to China in Renminbi …

This article studies how local religious institutions mediate the effect of interethnic inequality
on local violence. Focusing on the case of Xinjiang, China, we argue that local religious …

Do variations in local incomes influence peace and conflict in low-and middle-income
countries? The present meta-regression analysis contributes to answering this question by …

Around the world, non-state armed actors have been linked to the illegal extraction of energy
resources. This research note explores the case of Mexico. Anecdotal evidence suggests …

Do social welfare benefits enhance political legitimacy in nondemocracies? Conventional
wisdom treats material interest as being the central mechanism underpinning widespread …

Monitoring institutions are usually perceived as efficient instruments for improving
governance. This article evaluates the link between corruption monitoring and the supply of …

It is widely assumed that authoritarian states tend to use repression to suffocate social
conflicts that threaten regime stability. Focusing on the Chinese state's responses to …