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Pathways from Authoritarianism by Hadenius, Axel, Teorell, Jan

“…This paper uses a new typology of authoritarian regimes to explore the extent to which regime type explains the survival (and breakdown) of non-democratic…”
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Democracy and human development: issues of conceptualization and measurement by Gerring, John, Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Maguire, Matthew, Skaaning, Svend-Erik, Teorell, Jan, Coppedge, Michael

“…This study attempts to reconcile competing positions in an important debate about the relationship between regime type and human development. We contend that…”
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Why Monarchy? The Rise and Demise of a Regime Type by Gerring, John, Wig, Tore, Veenendaal, Wouter, Weitzel, Daniel, Teorell, Jan, Kikuta, Kyosuke

“…Monarchy was the dominant form of rule in the pre-modern era and it persists in a handful of countries. We propose a unified theoretical explanation for its…”
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach by Coppedge, Michael, Gerring, John, Altman, David, Bernhard, Michael, Fish, Steven, Hicken, Allen, Kroenig, Matthew, Lindberg, Staffan I., McMann, Kelly, Paxton, Pamela, Semetko, Holli A., Skaaning, Svend-Erik, Staton, Jeffrey, Teorell, Jan

“…In the wake of the Cold War, democracy has gained the status of a mantra. Yet there is no consensus about how to conceptualize and measure regimes such that…”
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Sweden’s Parliamentary Democracy at 100 by Lindvall, Johannes, Bäck, Hanna, Dahlström, Carl, Naurin, Elin, Teorell, Jan

“…Abstract This article assesses how Swedish parliamentary democracy works today, almost one hundred years into its history. Our main research question is…”
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Linking Genes and Political Orientations: Testing the Cognitive Ability as Mediator Hypothesis by Oskarsson, Sven, Cesarini, David, Dawes, Christopher T., Fowler, James H., Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Teorell, Jan

“…Recent research has demonstrated that genetic differences explain a sizeable fraction of the variance in political orientations, but little is known about the…”
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Rules of recognition? Explaining diplomatic representation since the Congress of Vienna by Teorell, Jan

“…The aim of this article is to explore the establishment of diplomatic representation as a measure of de facto recognition by other state units and to explain…”
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War, Performance, and the Survival of Foreign Ministers by Bäck, Hanna, Teorell, Jan, Von Hagen-Jamar, Alexander, Quiroz Flores, Alejandro

“…Abstract Why do some foreign ministers stay longer in office than others? Are they punished when the country loses a war? Several scholars have focused on the…”
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Why Anticorruption Reforms Fail-Systemic Corruption as a Collective Action Problem by Persson, Anna, Rothstein, Bo, Teorell, Jan

“…With an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of corruption on development, strategies to fight it are now a top priority in policy circles. Yet, in…”
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The Double-Edged Sword: How State Capacity Prolongs Autocratic Tenure but Hastens Democratization by Andersson, Per F., Teorell, Jan

“…This paper is concerned with state capacity and autocrat survival. We argue that state strength in autocracies increases leader tenure but reduces the…”
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Illicit Tactics as Substitutes: Election Fraud, Ballot Reform, and Contested Congressional Elections in the United States, 1860-1930 by Kuo, Didi, Teorell, Jan

“…What is the relationship between ballot reforms and electoral malpractice? This article contributes to the growing comparative politics literature on the…”
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What Is Quality of Government? A Theory of Impartial Government Institutions by ROTHSTEIN, BO, TEORELL, JAN

“…The recent growth in research on “good governance” and the quality of government institutions has been propelled by empirical findings that show that such…”
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Partisanship and Unreformed Bureaucracy: The Drivers of Election Fraud in Sweden, 1719–1908 by Teorell, Jan

“…This paper explains election fraud historically in the case of Sweden, drawing on original data from second-instance election petitions filed in 1719–1908…”
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Getting the basic nature of systemic corruption right: A reply to Marquette and Peiffer by Persson, Anna, Rothstein, Bo, Teorell, Jan

“…In reply to Marquette and Peiffer's article “Grappling With the ‘Real Politics’ of Systemic Corruption: Theoretical Debates Versus ‘Real‐World’ Functions,”…”
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Political participation and three theories of democracy: A research inventory and agenda by TEORELL, JAN

“…  This article proposes an agenda for political participation research aimed at providing empirical answers to questions derived from normative political…”
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Measuring Polyarchy Across the Globe, 1900–2017 by Teorell, Jan, Coppedge, Michael, Lindberg, Staffan, Skaaning, Svend-Erik

“…This paper presents a new measure polyarchy for a global sample of 182 countries from 1900 to 2017 based on the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) data, deriving…”
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Institutional stepping stones for democracy: how and why multipartyism enhances democratic change by Teorell, Jan, Wahman, Michael

“…Scholars of electoral authoritarianism and comparative institutions have emphasized how authoritarian regimes implement multiparty elections to stabilize…”
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The Lay of the Land: Information Capacity and the Modern State by Brambor, Thomas, Goenaga, Agustín, Lindvall, Johannes, Teorell, Jan

“…This article presents new evidence on the efforts of states to collect and process information about themselves, their territories, and their populations. We…”
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The Merit of Meritocratization: Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Institutional Deterrents of Corruption by Dahlström, Carl, Lapuente, Victor, Teorell, Jan

“…Comparative studies of corruption focus on the selection and incentives of policymakers. With few exceptions, actors who are in charge of implementing policies…”
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Civil Society and the Democratic Peace by Hegre, Håvard, Bernhard, Michael, Teorell, Jan

“…We theorize that three distinct structures of democratic constraint explain why more democratic dyads do not engage in military conflict with each other. We…”
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