Self-Government Interrupted: Legacies of External Rule in Brazil and Poland

• In Event: Democratic Backsliding Across Region and Across Time

Brief Overview

We develop a theoretical account of how interruptions in local self-government affect democratic engagement in the long run. We test our theory through empirical analyses of Brazil and Poland.

Authors

• Daniel Willard Gingerich, University of Virginia-Main Campus

• Jan P. Vogler, University of Virginia