We do not have a comprehensive understanding of authoritarian resilience or the quality of
governance globally, because we lack research analysing deepening autocratization in …

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that
characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive work on the subject to …

Legitimacy is a key concept in political science. It has deep normative roots in democratic
theory and refers usually to righteous, just, fair, and therefore acceptable rule. However, non …

The international dimension of authoritarian resilience is receiving increased attention by
scholars of comparative politics and international relations alike. Research suggests that …

Combining the insights of EU-specific research on backsliding and coalitions with the
literature on the international collaboration of autocrats, we argue that right-wing political …

Protest against authoritarian rule is a well-studied phenomenon in the social sciences, but
mass rallies in favor of authoritarian regimes have received only limited scholarly attention …

Attempts to analyse authoritarianism in China tend towards a static focus on the state that is
homogeneous across time. We argue for a more nuanced approach that captures the …

Since at least 2011, Turkey has undergone a dual process of democratic backsliding amid
the emergence of a new, authoritarian regime under the leadership of Recep Tayyip …

Does peacebuilding shape the regime type of countries where international missions are
deployed? Most peacebuilding missions take place in authoritarian contexts, and seek to …

A compelling examination of China's engagement of nonstate actors as a counterintuitive
solution to coerce citizens while minimizing backlash against the state. How do states …