We provide a unified language for studying power sharing in authoritarian regimes. Power-
sharing deals entail not only sharing spoils between a ruler and challenger, but also …

Two theories predominate in discussions of why China and Vietnam have, over the past
three decades, achieved such rapid economic growth. The first argues that their startling …

This accessible volume shines a light on how autocracy really works by providing basic facts
about how post-World War II dictatorships achieve, retain, and lose power. The authors …

A growing body of research suggests that authoritarian regimes are responsive to societal
actors, but our understanding of the sources of authoritarian responsiveness remains limited …

When and why do people obey political authority when it runs against their own interests to
do so? This book is about the channels beyond direct repression through which China's …

The study of ideology in authoritarian regimes—of how public preferences are configured
and constrained—has received relatively little scholarly attention. Using data from a large …

We posit that autocrats introduce local elections when their bureaucratic capacity is low.
Local elections exploit citizens' informational advantage in keeping local officials …

Are there returns to office in an authoritarian parliament? A new dataset shows that over 500
deputies to China's National People's Congress are CEOs of various companies. Entropy …

The administrative state is a powerful tool because it can control the population and, in
moments of crisis, help leaders put down popular threats to their rule. But a state does not …

The state often struggles to meet citizens' demands but confronts strong public pressure to
do so. What does the state do when public expectations exceed its actual governing …