Disinformation and Regime Survival
We provide a global comparative study of disinformation and survival of democratic and authoritarian regimes, respectively.
May 27, 2024
State of the world 2022: defiance in the face of autocratization
This article analyses the state of democracy around the world in 2022.
May 24, 2023
State of the World 2021: Autocratization Changing its Nature?
This article analyses the state of democracy around the world in 2021.
May 23, 2022
Protest and State Policy Agendas: Marches and Gun Policy After Parkland
We test the effect of protests on governmental action at the regional or local level.
Feb 25, 2022
Resistance to Populism
Populist leaders mobilize supporters to accomplish the political transformations they seek to achieve. However, once they are in office, populist leaders also encounter mobilizations against them because of their exclusionary rhetoric as well as their attack on existing democratic norms.
Feb 18, 2022
Echoes of a Fading Past: Authoritarian Legacies and Far-Right Voting
We demonstrate that voters that were socialized under right-wing dictatorships are less likely to support far-right parties compared to citizens that were socialized under different circumstances.
May 4, 2020
Elite Coordination and Popular Protest: The Joint Effect on Democratic Change
We argue that the effect of vertical threats is contingent on the existence of lateral threats. Popular mobilization is more likely to promote democratic change if a unified opposition translates popular grievances to democratic demands.
Aug 4, 2019
Determinants of Successful Participatory Institutions in Brazil
I demonstrate that social pressure produced by civil society serves to sustain effective participatory institutions based on social movement theories.
Nov 1, 2015