Intersectionality and Political Mobilization Organized groups and social movements play a critical representational role in democracy. One challenge that groups and movements have consistently confronted is that they often neglect to represent marginalized constituencies within […]
Democratic Discontent, Administrative Instability, and the Capacity to Govern The organizing idea for the panel is to address questions of renewed relevance such as: To what extent have recent developments in democratic politics begun to […]
Is it Regime Change?: Comparative and Historical Reflections on the US The Trump presidency has generated intense concern among political scientists about the suddenly all-too-real prospect of regime change in the United States, prompting the […]
Measuring Democratic Erosion This panel brings together several research teams devoted to the study of democracy and democratic erosion in the United States and abroad. The panel includes scholars using a range of techniques to […]
Democratic Backsliding in Advanced Democracies Scholars of electoral authoritarianism have long considered democratic backsliding. However, recent developments in advanced industrialized democracies suggest that these countries have also experienced backsliding. For example, in recent years Freedom […]
Mini Conference on Populism in Europe In the past years, populist parties have gained increasing traction across European countries – both in established democracies and in the post-communist states of Eastern Europe – seemingly signalling […]
New Approaches to Corruption: Theory, Method, and Measurement Following the end of the Cold War, scholars and policymakers alike have paid increasing attention to the importance of corruption in economic and political development. Recent work […]
Democracy in America? Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens’ work on American democracy has garnered both scholarly acclaim and significant public attention. In “Democracy in America?” they address “what has gone wrong and what we can […]
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