Informal Institutions, Republicanism, and the Origins of Competitive Politics: The Puzzle of ‘Machiavellian Moments’ in Post-Soviet Eurasia The project is devoted to the new interpretation of political development, democracy, and […]

Across the world, democratic backsliding has a gendered face. Autocratising regimes do not simply roll back women's rights as a side effect of their political projects — they strategically deploy […]