The study of religion holds great promise for the study of identity, institutional origins, the
state, and the strategies of institutional actors in comparative politics. Doctrinal differences …

Conventional wisdom portrays war zones as chaotic and anarchic. In reality, however, they
are often orderly. This work introduces a new phenomenon in the study of civil war: wartime …

Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics. The particular design which social programs
take is to a large extent determined by the existing institutional constraints and politicians' …

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Revolution and Dictatorship the violent origins of durable authoritarianism 9 Steven Levitsky …

This article demonstrates historically and statistically that conversionary Protestants (CPs)
heavily influenced the rise and spread of stable democracy around the world. It argues that …

This fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion
and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject's most …

" On November 7, 2017, conservative opponents of" gender ideology" burned the American
feminist theorist Judith Butler in effigy on the street in front of the art institute Sesc Pompeia …

If we're interested in why society changes and develops, and if we want to identify the forces
that influence our personal beliefs and choices, then we must have an understanding of the …

This book presents a new explanation of the rise, development and demise of social
movements and cycles of protest in autocracies; the conditions under which protest …

We study the governance of public good provision in poor communities in Oaxaca, Mexico.
We estimate the effect of usos y costumbres—a form of participatory democracy prevalent in …