From the racially segregated'Jim Crow'US South to the many electoral but hardly democratic
local regimes in Argentina and other federal democracies, the political rights of citizens …

The credibility revolution transformed quantitative social sciences and was both a curse and
a blessing for Russian studies. On the one hand, Russia turned out to be an attractive field …

After a half century of stable performance, American democracy is now under threat. The
threat emerged from nationalized party competition, but it is made manifest largely in the …

Despite democratization at the national level, local political bosses still govern many
municipalities in Latin America. Caudillos and clans often use informal political practices …

A broad literature suggests that political regimes matter for the growth effect of natural
resources. However, while several studies have concentrated on the difference between …

En este artículo se presenta una revisión de la literatura acerca de los estudios sobre
democracia subnacional en Latinoamérica y Colombia. Se exponen las tendencias …

This article analyzes how autocratic parties sustain and adjust electoral manipulative tactics
to maintain electoral dominance in multi-level elections. It examines continuities and …

Después de diez años de estudios sobre democracia subnacional,¿ qué hemos aprendido
sobre el fenómeno de la disparidad democrática territorial? Este artículo busca contribuir a …

As social scientists take space seriously and engage in systematic comparisons of
subnational entities within and across nations, there is a need to systematically ground …

While protests occurring in nationally democratic contexts rarely represent fundamental
threats to the central state, they still need management when and where they occur. Thus …