Democratic regression has become a worrying phenomenon in the last years. Social
science has provided a variety of explanations why democratic regimes have lost …

Countries adopted a variety of social policy responses to reduce the social risks
exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which in some cases took the form of institutional …

Instead of writing off the post-uprising period in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as
a failed attempt at democratisation, this article argues that the region is still undergoing an …

Authoritarian leaders try to create an environment conducive to the maintenance of their own
ontological security. In this study, we advance a theory of tripartite securitization marked by …

This paper explores the role of opposition parties within the context of global democratic
erosion, with a focus on Turkey. It investigates the multifaceted role of opposition actors in …

Research focusing on the Covid-19 crisis politics treats ideology mostly as an independent
or intervening variable, lacking attention to the effects of the pandemic on ideological conflict …

This book investigates the historical roots of the Italian Republic's oldest surviving political
party, the populist far right Lega (Nord), tracing its origins to post-war Italy. The author …

The conditional cash transfer programme (CCT) for poor families was terminated in Mexico
in 2019. CCTs seek to fight poverty under a social investment logic by promoting the …

The last quarter of the 20th century in Africa's political landscape was enveloped to a
suffocating point with the phenomenon of incumbent reelections. Scholars attribute this …

Countries adopted a variety of social policy responses to reduce the social risks
exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which in some cases took the form of institutional …