Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

Causal Sequences in Long-Term Democratic Development and Decline - Michael J. Coppedge, University of Notre Dame; Amanda B. Edgell, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Carl Henrik Knutsen, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo; Staffan I. Lindberg, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg

Democracy Doesn’t Happen Over Night: Regime Change in Stages and Economic Growth - Vanessa Alexandra Boese; Markus Eberhardt, University of Nottingham

The Future of the Past: Protestant Missions Persistent Impact on Democracy - Robert D. Woodberry, Baylor University

Trust Traditional Authority Amid Fear & Democratization: Evidence from Somalia - Anup Phayal, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Prabin Khadka, University of Essex

Barbara Geddes University of California, Los Angeles

Adriane Fresh Duke University