empirical analysis employs data on transitions to democracy from non-democracy to examine how aid and oil affect democratization …

development and democracy. Low-income democracies are at least as conflict-prone as low-income non-democracies, but high …

distinguishes among cases based on the strength of local pro-democratic forces and of the international commitment to democracy … victorious liberal powers made almost no explicit effort to promote democracy in Germany. Instead, Germany's transition to … democracy in 1918-1919 reflected the weakening of Germany's authoritarian order through defeat in war and the contingent …

a democracy and explore the theme of “reciprocal responsibility” between leaders and citizens …

This paper examines the relationship between quality of democratic governance and the judicialization of public policy … governance operates and how it is linked to the phenomenon of judicialization. In contrast, this paper analyzes whether there are … unpacks the relationship between democratic governance and policy litigation by identifying and analyzing a set of four …