Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

(Paper) Autocrats and Their Security Apparatus - Matthew Koo, Yale University

(Paper) Control versus Credibility: How Stable Parties Prevent Military Interventions - Darin Self, Brigham Young University

(Paper) Democracy's Shadows: How Institutions under Democracy Bolster Authoritarianism - Julia Lodoen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Paper) Role of the Military in Democratic Backsliding in Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico - Bill Gelfeld, Tecnologíco de Monterrey; Anaís Medeiros Passos, UFSC

(Paper) The Origins of Military Politicization in Dictatorships - Austin S. Matthews, East Carolina University

Barbara Geddes University of California, Los Angeles