Unlike Latin American peers, and contrary to World Health Organization recommendations, Nicaragua eschewed lockdowns …-existing sociopolitical crisis that threatened the regime's legitimacy and territorial control, policy-makers were primarily interested in … leadership mattered more than state capacity in determining the public health response. …

Following Daniel Ortega's victory in the presidential election held in November 2006, Nicaragua has been undergoing a … failure, why did Ortega succeed in taking power again? This paper provides a brief history of modern Nicaragua and gives some …

This contribution contends that the European Union (EU) has taken an authoritarian turn in the past crisis decade … and the European level. On the one hand, the distinct European emergency politics that characterized the euro crisis have … claims that the developments are linked and mutually reinforcing – building a "cycle of authoritarianism". Given its dire …

additional risk of crisis on corruption tolerance as well as the complementarity between personalistic rule and corruption …

additional risk of crisis on corruption tolerance as well as the complementarity between personalistic rule and corruption …