The incumbent-led subversion of democracy represents the most prevalent form of
democratic backsliding in recent decades. A central puzzle in this mode of backsliding is …

Despite the right of disabled people to full social and economic inclusion, many face multiple
day-to-day and systemic challenges. These include but are not limited to additional …

Discrimination is one of the largest barriers that immigrants and racial/ethnic minorities face
in contemporary society. Social scientists have developed and applied field experimental …

Scholarly research has consistently shown that teachers present negative assessments of
and attitudes toward migrant students. However, previous studies have not clearly …

Does language affinity facilitate the export of propaganda by authoritarian regimes? What
are its channels and economic consequences? We study these questions for Kazakhstan …

Legitimacy is one of the most crucial concepts in political science. It concerns how authority
can be exercised in ways that those subjected to it willingly accept, something that all rulers …