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Global Democracy for Europeans: A Demographic Story
(2018)
Insofar as democracy is a product of long-term diffusion, scholars generally focus on colonialism (especially English) or religion (especially Protestant). Here, we focus on a third pathway from Europe – Europeans. We show ...
Electoral Contestation: A Comprehensive Polity-Level Analysis
(2018)
The study of electoral contestation generally focuses on districts or regions rather than polities. We present a new dataset that measures electoral contestation through historical records of elections in sovereign and ...
Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century
(2018)
The Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset (Historical V-Dem) is a new dataset containing about 260 indicators, both factual and evaluative, describing various aspects of political regimes and state institutions. The ...
Harbors and Democracy
(2018)
Although geography is widely viewed as an important factor in long-term development, little attention has been paid to its role in democratization. This study focuses on the possible impact of a feature of littoral geography: ...
Do Political Finance Laws Reduce Corruption?
(2018)
Most countries regulate political finance and many offer public subsidies to political parties or candidates. Proponents of political finance regulations claim that public money reduces corruption in politics, while opponents ...