This article analyses the state of democracy around the world in 2021. The level of
democracy enjoyed by the average global citizen in 2021 was down to 1989 levels. In 2021 …

In recent years, Central and Eastern Europe have furnished several examples of illiberalism
in power. The most prominent and consequential cases are Fidesz, which has ruled in …

What explains human consequences of weather-related disaster? Here, we explore how
core socioeconomic, political, and security conditions shape flood-induced displacement …

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that
characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive work on the subject to …

Several recent studies have found unequal policy responsiveness, meaning that the policy
preferences of high-income citizens are better reflected in implemented policies than the …

This study examines the progress and challenges in the democratic landscape of Africa
within the framework of the Africa Agenda 2063 (hereafter AA2063). Initiated in 2013, the …

This is a response to Luca Tomini's “Don't think of a wave!” and Svend-Erik Skaaning's
“Waves of autocratization and democratization”. With this rejoinder we make three …

Governments around the world have exhibited markedly different levels of effectiveness in
handling the COVID-19 pandemic, and these variations have not been adequately …

The article provides the first large-scale study of protest activities by political parties. The
empirical analysis draws on original protest event data for 30 European countries based on …

This article presents trends in democracy, autocracy, and regime transformation using the
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) dataset version 14. We offer five main findings. First, the …