This study explores how authoritarian distributive policies may not only generate political
support for the autocrat but may also help sustain powerful and lasting authoritarian …

Human rights abuses and corruption during authoritarian rule are rooted in the arbitrary and
coercive use of power. This study examines how two post-authoritarian accountability issues …

Why does democratization not necessarily lead to generous welfare states, particularly in
the third-wave democracies? As the identity-based theory explains, if ethnic diversity erodes …