Elections are held in nearly all countries in the contemporary world. Yet despite their aim of
allowing for peaceful transfers of power, elections held outside of consolidated democracies …

The transfer of power stemming from the 2020 presidential election occurred during an
unprecedented period in United States history. Uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic …

Cross-national research on African electoral politics has argued that competition increases
the prospects for pre-election violence. However, there is a dearth of systematic research on …

Existing research on the causes of electoral violence has focused on structural determinants
and election-specific characteristics but has paid less attention to the role of political agents …

Examining a key puzzle in the study of electoral violence, this study asks how elites organize
violence and why ordinary citizens participate. While existing theories of electoral violence …

Election violence is often conceptualized as a form of coercive campaigning, but the
literature has not fully explored how electoral institutions shape incentives for competition …

Civil conflict increases incumbents' vulnerability, expands their coercive capacity, enervates
public good provision, and stifles public opposition. Consequently, we expect that elections …

How does inequality within and between ethno-religious groups influence the likelihood and
frequency of communal riots? Using evidence from India, this article finds that low within …

Trust in political institutions is considered to be distinctly crucial for maintaining the stability
and legitimacy of such institutions. In this paper, I document an important channel through …

Electoral violence is perpetrated by anti-systemic actors opposed to the democratic system,
as well as by those vying for power through the electoral process. Even though the …