In order to explain the apparently paradoxical presence of acceptable governance in many non-democratic regimes … propose that population plays a similar role in guaranteeing the quality of governance and redistribution. We argue and … threat to a dictatorship, inducing it to yield to more redistribution and better governance. We bring this centered concept …

conservatism across our three measures. While there is no change in weak enforcement/governance countries which remain less … conditionally conservative than strong enforcement/governance countries, the latter exhibit a significant decrease. Further, we …