democratization
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What Makes Military Dictators Transition Out of Dictatorships?
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Frequent leadership cycles are common in dictatorships. Historically, military dictators, whose power is derived from the armed forces, have been subject to more subsequent coups and regime changes than their non-military counterparts. Given their short-lived tenure, military dictators always have to gauge their fate based on the premise of losing…
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Are Economic Elites Anti-Democratic? Why Economic Elites May Support Democratization
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Are economic elites always anti-democratic? Not in some contexts. Structural changes in the Bolivian economy cultivated a new set of economic elites in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They typically supported the right-leaning Hugo Banzer, who led a series of coups against the left-leaning junta and established a tyrannical…
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The Institutional Design of Sustainable Democracy
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A durable democracy, which would sustain a functioning market economy, requires institutional restrictions on the ability of democratically elected officials to set policies.
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The Politics of Economic Growth and Stability
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Legislative oversight is more significant to economic and political stability than electoral accountability.
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Beyond “soft” issues: The Women’s Caucus of Kosovo speaks up
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Ms. Teuta Sahatqija is President of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus, comprised of female members of Parliament from all parties promoting effective representation of women in Kosovo society. She is First Vice President of the Committee on Economic Development, Infrastructure, Trade and Industry and Vice President of the Democratic League of…
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Testing Recipes for Regime Change
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Authors examine socioeconomic and political factors that make countries more likely to experience regime change