Dr. Yasser Kureshi's research into judicial contestation & military prerogatives is a very interesting read on the politico-legal culture of power & jurisprudence in 🇵🇰. Engrossed by the great insights especially relevant in the contemporary context. 1/ TCD Law School Democratization

Job insecurity is associated with support for strong undemocratic leaders not subject to legislative checks and balances. Enhancing job security and expanding public welfare provisions could bolster citizens’ democratic attitudes and behaviours. Hyeok Yong Kwon doi.org/10.1080/135103…

Concessions, which can serve as a useful tool for managing protest, are more commonly used where state capacity is high. High-capacity 🇲🇽 states were more likely to offer cheap concessions, but not more likely to engage in costly reform. @vottasullivan doi.org/10.1080/135103…

We’re proud and humbled to read the Clarivate #JCR2024. 5yr impact factor = 4.2. Top 10 percentile in Political Science. And one quarter of our articles are #openaccess. A huge THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏 to our editors, reviewers, contributors, and readers! Onwards and upwards.

This article by @riveraescartin contributes to better understanding the relationship btw elite polarization and democratic backsliding with Tunisia 🇹🇳 as case study. doi.org/10.1080/135103…

50% of elections in this mega election year take place in autocratizing countries. Freedom of expression and media, free and fair elections, and civil society organizations are under attack around the globe. Fabio Angiolillo et al. from Varieties of Democracy Institute doi.org/10.1080/135103…

The debate on democracy in global media discourse indicates a set of common denominators. Yet, by relating democracy to everyday politics, media seems to legitimise any regime as democratic rather than being a beacon for liberal democracy. Stefan Dahlberg doi.org/10.1080/135103…

Drawing on the "community pantry" phenomenon in the Philippines 🇵🇭, Cecilia Lero finds evidence that apolitical civic engagement can be an effective, if limited, form of democratic resistance in autocratizing settings. doi.org/10.1080/135103…

Democracies face rising autocratic threats. The framework by Joep van Lit Carolien van Ham Maurits Meijers and case studies of Senegal 🇸🇳 and Poland 🇵🇱 highlight how institutional elites and citizens defend against these trends. #Democracy #Autocratization doi.org/10.1080/135103…

How has President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 evolved his elite strategy over 40yrs in power? Exploiting individual elite data @austinsmatthews & Ana Lúcia Sá (CEI) find that co-regionality with Obiang is key to elite political survival. doi.org/10.1080/135103…

🏌‍♂️A new paper is out in Democratization! Building on the concept of “monocratic government", Fortunato Musella and I introduce three analytical dimensions for comparing countries in terms of the personalization of government. 50 free online copies here 👇 tandfonline.com/eprint/M9U88HV…

🚨New Publication🚨 Why do #autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad? w/ Ali Kiani & Eva Østergaard-nielsen from Migrademo Project we argue autocrats consider the risks+benefits of an enfranchised diaspora. Legitimacy, repression, co-optation & the diaspora profile are key Link below:

Very happy to share that this article on drawing on fieldwork in the BARMM over the past year is now online with Democratization! We owe many thanks to swisspeace and Politics After War for helping us workshop this paper to get it to this stage! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New Publication Alert in Democratization in collaboration with the great Anja Neundorf "Our children will be free" - this picture taken during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 captures the essence of our article: democratic transitions create hopes about the future and ...

🚨 We’re shutting down our Twitter account. 🚨 Due to algorithmic manipulation, threats to civil discourse, and declining information integrity on this platform we are leaving. We do not support twitter’s direction. Find us at bsky.app/profile/democr…. Democracy prevails. ✊