There is great variation in views on and treatment of minorities such as gay men across the world. We are the first to pinpoint what features of societies that are beneficial to gay men's quality of life by making use of a unique new cross-country dataset covering 110 countries, the Gay...

Es gab schon vor der Corona-Pandemie strukturelle Ungleichheiten in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen, die jetzt wie unter einer großen Lupe viel deutlicher sichtbar werden oder sich gar verschärfen. Die Texte und Interviews in diesem Band analysieren strukturelle Ungleichheiten in verschiedenen...

While past studies have put forward many reasons why partisanship in young African democracies should be considered weak and meaningless, this paper casts doubt on this notion by presenting evidence that suggests the presence of strong and stable patterns of partisanship in ordinary citizens....

International economic engagement has been increasingly framed in terms of liberal democratic values. Specifically, Chinese aid has been at the center of this debate. Since Chinese aid comes with "no strings attached," a popular narrative is that Chinese aid poses a challenge to conditional aid,...