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In El Salvador and Elsewhere, Leaders Find Ways to Break Term Limits
Limits to executive time in office help ensure regular, institutionalized rotation of leadership....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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How Personalist Politics is Changing Democracies
This rapid increase is alarming: Personalist rule brings with it a host of negative outcomes compared to other types of authoritarian systems....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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All Politics Is Personalized
Leaders are amassing more power relative to their political parties so politics more strongly reflects the leader’s preferences rather than being a bargaining process among mu...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Digital Repression in Autocracies
Repression is a hallmark feature of authoritarian rule. It raises the costs of disloyalty and makes it more difficult for groups to mobilize against the regime (Wintrobe, 1998...
By Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Joseph Wright
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The Digital Dictators
Rapid technological change will likely produce a cat-and-mouse dynamic as citizens and governments race to gain the upper hand....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Why the fragmentation of European politics could bode poorly for democracy
After last week’s elections, the European Parliament is more fragmented than ever — growing discontent with the mainstream meant that centrist and mainstream parties took a be...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright