Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 542-559, July 2026.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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The EU as a Security Provider: Changing Foreign Policy Roles Amongst Nordic EU Member States
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1453-1472, July 2026.Abstract This article addresses the Nordic European Union (EU) member states' changing national role conceptions prompted by concerns about a weakening international rules‐based order, a flagging transatlantic commitment and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Anna Michalski +2 more
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When Authoritarian Regimes Provide Public Goods: Motivation and Capacity
Social Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study investigates the conditions under which authoritarian regimes increase public goods provision. The research posits that authoritarian regimes are more likely to provide public goods when they possess both the motivation, stemming from the adoption of multiparty elections, and the capacity, which includes extractive ...
Da Sul Kim
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The distribution of power and inclusiveness across deep time. [PDF]
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Remittances, political economy and public health expenditure: evidence from Africa. [PDF]
Health Policy PlanNanziri LE, Kabajulizi J, Gbahabo PT.
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Autocratic Legalism, Partisanship, and Popular Legitimation in Authoritarian Cameroon. [PDF]
Public Opin Q, 2023 Letsa NW, Morse YL.
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Democratic Deterrence of Middle Powers in Great Power Rivalry: The Case for Indonesia. [PDF]
F1000ResPurboadji A.
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How citizens' experience of democracy can actually pave the way to democratic backsliding. [PDF]
Commun PsycholHertwig R, Lewandowsky S.
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Leveraging weakness into strength: how neo-patrimonial oil-producing countries survive economic crises. [PDF]
J Int Relat Dev (Ljubl), 2022 Leon DS, Larratt-Smith C.
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The biological roots of political division: mapping the neural architecture of ideology and social influence. [PDF]
Sci RepNémeth D, Zmigrod L.
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