Transitions to Democracy / Transitions to Democracy

Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury College

Hollowed or redefined? Framing the democratic backsliding in the political discourse of Law and Justice - Agnieszka Kwiatkowska, SWPS University; Viktoriia Muliavka, Graduate School for Social Research; Hubert Plisiecki, Graduate School for Social Research

Rich Kid Poor Kid: Explaining Failing and Successful Episodes of Democratization - Matthew Charles Wilson, University of South Carolina; Amanda B. Edgell, The University of Alabama

The Economic Origins of Democracy: The Effect of Oil Rents on Democratic Transition - Ainur Kenzhetayeva, Kent State University

Why do authoritarian regimes provide welfare? - Sanghoon Park, University of South Carolina

Autocratization as ethnocratization? Investigating the feedback loop between autocratization and ethnic relations - Guido Panzano, Université libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels)

Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury College

Viivi Vadelma Jarvi, Princeton University