Same‐Sex Marriage in Times of Political Uncertainty: Evidence from Brazil
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract This research note examines how political polarization and the fragility of same‐sex marriage rights in Brazil shaped marriage patterns over the past decade. Using civil registry data from 2013 to 2023, we focus on presidential election periods as moments of political uncertainty.
Fernanda de Fortes de Lena +2 more
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Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The epistocracy debate has turned largely on the character of the electorate—what voters know, whether competence filters can be designed well, and what filtered selection produces. Another strand has focused on the legitimacy of epistocratic justifications. I ask instead about the equilibrium effects of the institution.
Simon Goldstein
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A Critical Evaluation on Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy and Democratic Values
, 2023 Rashid MM.
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The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time? Territorial Autonomy and Conflict During Regime Transitions. [PDF]
Comp Polit Stud, 2023 Juon A, Bochsler D.
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Challenge in Reverting Autocratization: Protest Campaigns and Polarization in Brazil
Civic resistance plays a crucial role in deterring and reversing the process of autocratization. However, protest events can sometimes backfire and deepen divisions among political groups.
Yuko Sato
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When Do Citizens Support Corrupt Politicians? The Trade‐Offs Between Corruption and Competence
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The intriguing paradox of wide public disdain for corruption alongside popular corrupt politicians exists globally. By speaking to public ethics theory and rational choice theory, this study examines the trade‐off in which citizens tolerate corrupt officials in exchange for their competence to deliver public benefits.
Wenyan Tu, Hanyu Xiao, Xing Ni
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COVID-19 and European Multi-Level Democracy. [PDF]
J Common Mark Stud, 2022 Martinsen DS, Goetz KH.
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Replication Data for: Pernicious Polarization, Autocratization and Opposition Strategies
Replication Materials for "Pernicious Polarization, Autocratization, and Opposition Strategies." Components include a) Analysis Do File, b) Analysis Data Set, c) Data Cleaning Do File, d) Original Data from V-Dem v ...
Luke, Russell, Jennifer McCoy, and Murat Somer
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Informal Authority, Legitimacy Transition, and Institutional Change: A Theory of Advisory Capture
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do informal actors achieve rapid bureaucratic dismantlement without formal authority? Analyzing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, this article argues that when performance‐based legitimacy displaces procedural legitimacy as the dominant evaluative framework, informal actors can bypass established safeguards and ...
Byunggeor Moon
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The Role of Public Administrators in Building a Robust Liberal Democracy
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT After decades of expansion, liberal democracy is threatened by autocratic populists. These actors exploit widening gaps between leaders and citizens, as well as growing political polarization in the population, to consolidate executive power by undermining courts, sidelining elected assemblies, discrediting public administrators, and ...
Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing
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