Luis Schiumerini on Incumbency Bias

Luis Schiumerini is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, a faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and the author of the book, Incumbency Bias: Why Political Office is a Blessing and a Curse in Latin America. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of... Continue Reading →

Amel Ahmed Says the Regime Question Has Returned

Amel Ahmed is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of the book The Regime Question: Foundations of Democratic Governance in Europe and the United States. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. The... Continue Reading →

Tom Carothers Says We Misunderstand Democratic Backsliding

Tom Carothers is the Director of the Democracy Conflict and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He's the author of numerous books and articles. Some of his most recent articles and reports include “Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding,” “Lessons about Backsliding and Resistance,” and “Understanding and Responding to Global Democratic Backsliding.” The Democracy Paradox is... Continue Reading →

Javier Corrales on Intentional Polarization

Javier Corrales is Dwight W. Morrow 1895 professor of Political Science at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is the author of the book Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to Authoritarianism as well as numerous scholarly articles. His most recent article (coauthored with Ricardo José Salas Díaz) is  "Intentional Polarization: How Policy Extremism and Ideological Overuse... Continue Reading →

Susan Stokes on Democratic Backsliders

Susan Stokes is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. She is the past chair of APSA’s Comparative Politics and Democracy and Autocracy Sections, past chair of the Yale Political Science Department, and a founding member of Bright... Continue Reading →

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