When are Junctures Critical? The Legacies and Non-Legacies of Interruptions in Local Self-Government

• In Event: Political Economy of Developing Countries

Brief Overview

We develop a theory of when interruptions in local self-government through either imperial powers or centralized authoritarian regimes result in long-term changes in voting behavior. We test the theory with analyses centered on Poland and Brazil.

Authors

• Daniel Willard Gingerich, University of Virginia-Main Campus

• Jan P. Vogler, University of Konstanz