Current scholarship on elections in authoritarian regimes has focused on exploring the
relationship between elections and democratization, and it has generally used analytical …

This article assesses the utility of selectorate theory as a tool for understanding authoritarian
politics. We start by discussing the intellectual history of the selectorate concept and its …

What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must
resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they …

Why do some dictatorships establish institutions that may constrain their leaders? We argue
that institutions promote the survival of dictatorships by facilitating authoritarian power …

Numerous developing countries have substantially increased their number of subnational
administrative units in recent years. The literature on this phenomenon is, nonetheless …

Vietnam: Rethinking the State offers an exciting and up-to-date look at the politics of this
fascinating country as it seeks to make the transition from war-torn economic backwater to a …

Transparency is often viewed as crucial to government accountability, but its measurement
remains elusive. This concept encompasses many dimensions, which have distinct effects …

The effects of economic and political reforms on patronage in Africa remains unclear. In
particular, there is much disagreement about whether structural adjustment programs and …

This paper tests the hypothesis that increasing stocks of foreign direct investment (FDI) can
lead to de facto decentralization in the form of autonomous reform experiments by …

Purpose This study aims to uncover the black box of the influence mechanism between
external stakeholder drivers and green public procurement practice, and meanwhile to …