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Is support for authoritarian rule contagious? Evidence from field and survey experiments
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence on support for leaders with authoritarian inclinations through preregistered field and survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces. The field
Sirianne Dahlum +4 more
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Why We Shouldn't Trust Institutions: Critical Theory and the Case for Radical Distrust
Constellations, EarlyView.
Zohreh Khoban
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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
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Affect and Autocracy: Emotions and Attitudes in Russia after Crimea
Perspectives on Politics, 2020 Our understanding of modern authoritarianism lacks a satisfying explanation for the genuine popularity of autocrats. While most of the literature on authoritarianism focuses on coercion, institutional manipulation, or clientelism, many contemporary ...
Samuel A. Greene, Graeme B. Robertson
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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
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Pliniu cel Tânăr și împăratul Traian [PDF]
Revista de Istorie și Teorie Literară, 2020 In his discourse uttered with the occasion of assuming the function of consul, Pliny the Younger did not spare praise of Trajan. His encomium depicts Trajan as an ideal princeps, his virtues being contrasted with the defects of Domitian, perceived as a ...
Alexandra Ciocârlie
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Creative‐class dynamics, technological evolution and growth
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates the impact of creativity on technological advancement, long‐term economic development, and social welfare, where creativity is determined endogenously through interactions within social networks. The analysis shows that an economy remains stagnant, exhibiting neither networking nor long‐term growth, when the size of the
Torben Klarl
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„Absolutyzm” versus „polonizm” Bismarck, panslawizm a powstanie styczniowe
Historia i Polityka, 2014 „Absolutism” versus „Polonism”Bismarck, Pan-slavism and January UprisingThe aim of this article is to analyze attitude of the Prussian Prime-Minister – considered as theArchitect of German Unification – Otto von Bismarck – towards the phenomenon of ...
Mariusz Kopczyński
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The Political U: New Evidence on the Economic Costs of Hybrid Regimes
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent research establishes a positive causal effect from democracy to income, although this evidence relies mostly on binary regime classifications. We extend the identification framework of Acemoglu et al. (2019) to a classification that distinguishes democracies, autocracies, and hybrid regimes for about 170 countries over 1960–2024.
Nauro F. Campos +2 more
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Ethnic Groups' Access to State Power and Group Size
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ethnic‐based political inequality is widespread, yet its underlying drivers remain poorly understood. This paper shows that an ethnic group's relative size is a key correlate of its access to central executive power. Using data on 575 groups across 181 countries from 1946 to 2021, and restricting attention to non‐dominant groups, I document a ...
Hector Galindo‐Silva
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