Despite initial scepticism about their very existence, hybrid regimes have increasingly
attracted scholarly attention. The rapid development of the debate, however, is in striking …

It is my contention that populism could be an appropriate framework to describe, explain and
connect the phenomena of global crisis of democracy and func‑tioning of electoral …

Using the debate over democratization and conflict, we demonstrate how the connection
between conceptualization and operationalization can play a decisive role in testing …

This report on the relationship between inequality and youth radicalisation is written on the
basis of statistical analysis of five cross-national population surveys, and two youth surveys …

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can enrich the ways in which citizens
participate in civic and political matters. Indeed, many theorists on online participation, or …

The post-Cold War triumphalism regarding the spread of democracy has faded. Hybrid
regimes (HRs), which combine democratic and autocratic institutions, are now the most …

Does political change short of democratization matter for the wellbeing of citizens? The last
part of the 20th century saw the crisis and collapse of a dramatic number of dictatorial …