Die Corona-Maßnahmen der Bundes- und Landesregierungen haben das öffentliche Leben in Deutschland zeitweise massiv beeinträchtigt. Durch das Kontaktverbot wurden die freie Berufsausübung, die Gewerbefreiheit, die Schulpflicht und die Religionsfreiheit vorübergehend eingeschränkt....

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Policy, Institutions and Stability; 3. Policy Outcomes; 4. Food, Policy and Unrest; 5. Agricultural Rents and Regime Durability; 6. Germany, 1878 - 1890; 7. Malaysia, 1969 - 1980; 8. Conclusion.

I examine whether transitory events can tip the scales against authoritarian regimes and lead to persistent democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are rainfall shocks in the most agricultural countries in...

"Since 1945, the liberal-democratic model of capitalism spread across the globe, ultimately prevailing over communism. Over the past two decades, a new statist-authoritarian model has begun diffusing across East Asia. Rather than rejecting capitalism, authoritarian leaders harness it to uphold...

Introduction / Victor C. Shih -- The domestic political implications of economic sanctions : evidence from Iraq under Saddam Hussein / Lisa Blaydes -- Economic shocks and communist survival and collapse / Martin K. Dimitrov -- Of eggs and stones : foreign sanctions and domestic political economy...

Security sector reform (SSR) is central to the democratic transitions currently unfolding across the globe, as a diverse range of countries grapple with how to transform militias, tribal forces, and dominant military, police, and intelligence agencies into democratically controlled and...