Why Waves? Global Patterns of Democratization and Autocratization since 1900

• In Event: Understanding Democracy Across Time and Place

Brief Overview

With this article we analyze why episodes of democratization and autocratization occur in waves across time and space. By considering the role of institutional and economic stickiness, we are able to explain waves.

Authors

• Vanessa Boese, University of Gothenburg

• Marianne Dahl

• Scott Geoffrey Gates, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

• Håvard Hegre, Uppsala Universitet

• Håvard Strand, University of Oslo