An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research
Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to …

This study explores how authoritarian distributive policies may not only generate political
support for the autocrat but may also help sustain powerful and lasting authoritarian …

State repression is a common tool used by autocrats, and to understand how the
implementation of repression unfolds, I develop a theory with two key features. First …

Political scientists frequently use qualitative evidence to support or evaluate the empirical
applicability of formal models. Despite this widespread practice, neither the qualitative …

After atrocities, disappearances, and other human rights violations, the dictatorship in
Authoritania falls, and a new democratic regime takes power, changing the country's name …

In an era of democratic backsliding, scholars and policymakers wonder if failure to reckon
with former authoritarian elites and their collaborators plays a role. Yet without adequate …

RESUMEN¿ Por qué algunas democracias han avanzado tanto en el esclarecimiento y la
persecución judicial de las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por las dictaduras …

What determines people's willingness to consider punishment for human rights abusers?
This article investigates this question in the context of Zimbabwe in the aftermath of the …

Analytic narratives combine rational choice theory—often extensive-form, game-theoretic
models—and qualitative evidence to understand historical and institutional questions in …

Autocrats confront a number of threats to their power, some from within the regime and
others from foreign actors. To understand how these threats interact and affect autocratic …