Political leaders use different tactics to ensure widespread compliance with state policies
and to minimize resistance. Scholarship tends to treat different tactics individually …

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an
important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on …

Does political violence leave a lasting legacy on identities, attitudes, and behaviors? We
argue that violence shapes the identities of victims and that families transmit these effects …

How did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?
The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political history is that the country was …

This book provides a rare window into the micropolitics of contemporary authoritarian rule
through a comparison of religious-state relations in Russia and China-two countries with …

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 …

Does physical surveillance hinder or foster antiregime resistance? A common view holds
that surveillance prevents resistance by providing regimes with high-quality intelligence on …

Conventional wisdom emerging from China and other autocracies claims that single-party
legislatures and elections are mutually beneficial for citizens and autocrats. This line of …

Significant variation in the institutions and efficiency of public bureaucracies across
countries and regions are observed. These differences could be partially responsible for …

What factors shape different levels of pro-government mobilization in authoritarian regimes?
The existing literature has considered the threat of anti-regime protests as the primary driver …