suggests that cascades which induce massive equilibrium changes are more likely to occur in regimes with centralized coercive … to trigger a cascade to a vastly different equilibrium. The model is applied to the severity of protests that followed … austerity measures taken in developing nations since the 1970s. …

different outcome emerges. The model is applied to the occurrence and severity of protests that followed austerity measures …

change. We employ an agent-based model to test the impact of authority centralization and social network technology on … institutional change is decreasing with authority centralization in simulations with low network range but is increasing with … authority centralization in simulations with greater network range. The relationship between institutional change and social …

I examine empirically the role of historical political centralization on the likelihood of modern civil conflict in Sub … to document a robust negative statistical relationship between local long-run exposure to state institutions and … within-country long history of statehood is linked to people's positive attitudes toward local state institutions and …

exists in the use of alternative political technologies; for instance bribes by the rich and protests by the poor are likely … to be countervailing forces, and will both occur in polities with weaker political institutions. …

This paper argues that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process … through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other unconventional means of participation become … political institutions are associated with a higher propensity to use alternative means for expressing preferences, that is, to …

exists in the use of alternative political technologies; for instance "bribes by the rich" and "protests by the poor" are … likely to be countervailing forces, and will both occur in polities with weaker political institutions. …

This paper argues that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process … through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other unconventional means of participation become … political institutions are associated with a higher propensity to use alternative means for expressing preferences, that is, to …