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Captured participatory institutions: Theory and evidence from Venezuela's Consejos Comunales

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Can participatory institutions (PIs) facilitate development when captured by the government? We propose an original theoretical framework to investigate how changing incumbent priorities can shape the developmental and political effects of captured PIs.
Jared Abbott, Jose Morales‐Arilla
wiley   +1 more source

Quasi-Democracy and Autocracy as Governance Systems in Nigeria: An Examination

, 2023
Both democracy and autocracy are forms of governance systems that have been operated by humankind in the course of organizing society. They differ from one another and can hardly be combined for governance purposes without wreaking havoc in the society ...
Yaqub, Nuhu
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Regime of Modern Israel

Международная аналитика, 2016
The current research analyses the structure of the political regime in the State of Israel. It demonstrates that existing Israeli democratic institutions do not control the state’s policymaking in full, and several politically important processes are ...
T. A. Karasova, M. Sterenshis
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Learning traps

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract When constituents are uncertain about whether leaders' policy preferences align with their interests, policy choices generate a trade‐off between payoffs and information. Leaders can experiment with their preferred policy, but if the outcome is bad, constituents learn this and threaten office removal. I use a repeated model of political agency
Hassan Sayed
wiley   +1 more source

Internet Control and Disinformation Across Regime Types During and After the Covid‐19 Crisis

Politics and Governance
The unprecedented scale of mitigation measures taken by governments during the Covid-19 pandemic raised concerns about if and to what extent democracy would be affected. Empirical accounts show that media freedom was the most vulnerable.
Marianne Kneuer, Wolf J. Schünemann, Giulia Bahms   +2 more
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Structure and agency in emancipatory reform: A blueprint from a Black union

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The National Labor Convention of 1869, the first of its kind for African American workers, yielded a grand strategy for achieving full emancipation, in which those long subjected to domination might attain durable independence. Drawing upon decades of Black republican thought, this agenda combined macro‐level reforms targeting agrarian and ...
Benjamin T. Lynerd
wiley   +1 more source

RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY IN THE WORKS OF RUSSIAN CONSERVATIVE THINKERS

Вестник Мининского университета, 2017
In the article there is considered the evolution of views on autocracy formed in the Slavophile and Eurasian school. Therewith, the appeared in the mid XIX century Slavophiles think that a state in Russia is preferable to be a monarchy.
S. N. Pushkin
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Economic Power of Political Leaders: Evidence From Central Leaders' Local Tours in China

The Developing Economies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do political leaders play a role in shaping economic outcomes? Can we quantify and compare the economic influence of contemporary political leaders? This paper examines the economic impact of autocratic leadership through the lens of firm visits in China, offering a unique empirical strategy to assess their influence.
Asei Ito, Jaehwan Lim, Hongyong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

The Practice of Russian Conservatism of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries

Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018
Russian conservatism as a current social thought, consistently turned into political action is formed at the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries. The goal of its constant aspirations and efforts was creative protection that meant adaptation, modernization ...
M. M. Shevchenko
doaj   +1 more source