Who Participates in Local Government? Evidence from Meeting Minutes by Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, and David M. Glick, Boston University In response to developer excess, most local governments now solicit public input in some form […]
“Thugs-for-Hire”: Subcontracting of State Coercion and State Capacity in China by Lynette H. Ong, University of Toronto Using violence or threat of violence, “thugs-for-hire” (TFH) is a form of privatized coercion that helps states subjugate a […]
When Do the Dispossessed Protest? Informal Leadership and Mobilization in Syrian Refugee Camps by Killian Clarke, Princeton University Refugees are often considered to be among the world’s most powerless groups; they face significant structural barriers to […]
Legitimacy in Autocracies: Oxymoron or Essential Feature? by Johannes Gerschewski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Legitimacy is a key concept in political science. It has deep normative roots in democratic theory and refers usually to righteous, just, fair, […]
Race, Religion, or Culture? Framing Islam between Racism and Neo-Racism in the Online Network of the French Far Right by Caterina Froio, University of Oslo When debates about Islam acquire importance in the public sphere, does […]
Democratic Waves in Historical Perspective by Seva Gunitsky, University of Toronto For over two centuries, the evolution of democracy has been marked by repeated democratic waves. Yet these cross-border bursts of revolution and reform have varied […]
How and Why Armed Groups Participate in Elections by Aila M. Matanock, University of California-Berkeley and Paul Staniland, University of Chicago Armed actors are often involved in electoral politics, from the fusing of ballots and bullets in armed […]
Keeping Vigil: The Emergence of Vigilance Committees in Pre-Civil War America by Jonathan Obert, Amherst College and Eleonora Mattiacci, Amherst College What explains the emergence of organized private enforcement in the United States? We study the […]
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