Current scholarship on elections in authoritarian regimes has focused on exploring the
relationship between elections and democratization, and it has generally used analytical …

The 'third wave'of democratization has resulted in the proliferation of regimes that are neither
fully democratic nor classic authoritarian. To capture the nature of these hybrid regimes, the …

Populism and Liberal Democracy is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory about
populism during both its emergence and consolidation phases in three geographical …

Classifying political regimes has never been more difficult. Most contemporary regimes hold
de-jure multiparty elections with universal suffrage. In some countries, elections ensure that …

The paper focuses on the unique, role model characteristics of the Hungarian hybrid regime,
the Hungarian political system's new incarnation forged in the past years' democratic …

Abstract Since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 Turkey has
undergone double regime transitions. First, tutelary democracy ended; second, a …

This article provides an initial assessment of the many risks posed by the COVID-19
pandemic on the conduct of genuine and transparent elections in the world. It begins with …

In recent years, several observers of Turkey have recognised a novel development in
Turkish politics: the rise of Erdoganism. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's personality and …

Dictatorship is not what it was once. Military and single-party regimes have been withering
away. Today, most dictators organize multiparty elections. The Politics of Uncertainty …

Why do some autocracies remain stable while others collapse? This article presents a
theoretical framework that seeks to explain the longevity of autocracies by referring to three …