different outcome emerges. The model is applied to the occurrence and severity of protests that followed austerity measures …

exists in the use of alternative political technologies; for instance bribes by the rich and protests by the poor are likely … to be countervailing forces, and will both occur in polities with weaker political institutions. …

This paper argues that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process … through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other unconventional means of participation become … political institutions are associated with a higher propensity to use alternative means for expressing preferences, that is, to …

change. We employ an agent-based model to test the impact of authority centralization and social network technology on … institutional change is decreasing with authority centralization in simulations with low network range but is increasing with … authority centralization in simulations with greater network range. The relationship between institutional change and social …

This paper argues that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process … through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other unconventional means of participation become … political institutions are associated with a higher propensity to use alternative means for expressing preferences, that is, to …

We study how cultural distance affects the rejection of imposed institutions. To this purpose, we exploit the … transplantation of Piedmontese institutions on Southern Italy which occurred during the Italian unification. We assemble a novel and … transplanted institutions is significantly associated with more intense resistance to these institutions. Our results further …

What determines the rejection of exogenously imposed institutions? To address this question, we exploit the … transplantation of institutions that occurred when southern Italy was annexed to Piedmont, during the Italian unification process of … results: a clash between local values and the content of the new institutions, and social identification with the Piedmontese …

We study how cultural distance affects the rejection of imposed institutions. To do so, we exploit the transplantation … of Piedmontese institutions on Southern Italy that occurred during the Italian unification. We assemble a novel and … transplanted institutions is significantly associated with more intense resistance to these institutions. Our results further …