Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

(Paper) Authoritarian Party Building, Elites' Retention, and the Effects on Clientelism - Fabio Angiolillo, Gothenburg University; Felix Wiebrecht, University of Liverpool

(Paper) Electoral Bias and Democratic Backsliding in Hungary, Turkey, and India - Bernard Tamas, Valdosta State University; Melis G. Laebens, Central European University; Jennifer McCoy, Georgia State University

(Paper) Enabling Democratic Backsliding: Elite Narratives about the Cost of Dissent - Kristian Frederiksen, Aarhus University, Department of Political Science; Laurits Aarslew, Aarhus University; Martin Bisgaard, Aarhus University

(Paper) Party Misalignment, Polarization and Democracy Backsliding in the United States - Yuhang Zhou, Sun Yat-sen University

(Paper) The Party Within: How Internal Battles Shape Democratic Fate - Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury College

Milada Anna Vachudova University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Marc S. Jacob University of Notre Dame

Milada Anna Vachudova University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill