State of the world 2019: autocratization surges – resistance grows
- Seraphine F. Maerz, Anna Lührmann, S. Hellmeier, Sandra Grahn, S. Lindberg
- Political ScienceDemocratization
- 18 May 2020
ABSTRACT This article analyses the state of democracy in the world in 2019. We demonstrate that the “third wave of autocratization” is accelerating and deepening. The dramatic loss of eight…
The Dictator's Digital Toolkit: Explaining Variation in Internet Filtering in Authoritarian Regimes
- S. Hellmeier
- Political Science
- 1 December 2016
Following its global diffusion during the last decade, the Internet was expected to become a liberation technology and a threat for autocratic regimes by facilitating collective action. Recently,…
How democracies prevail: democratic resilience as a two-stage process
- V. Boese, Amanda B. Edgell, S. Hellmeier, Seraphine F. Maerz, S. Lindberg
- Political ScienceDemocratization
- 27 April 2021
The results suggest that democracies are more resilient when strong judicial constraints on the executive are present and democratic institutions were strong in the past, and economic development is only associated with resilience to onset of autocratization, not to resilience against breakdown once autocrats begun.
Does counter‐mobilization contain right‐wing populist movements? Evidence from Germany
- Johannes Vüllers, S. Hellmeier
- Political ScienceEuropean Journal of Political Research
- 24 February 2021
. Right-wing populist (RWP) movements have been on the rise in Western democracies. Outside of party politics, such movements regularly organize demonstrations against political elites and minority…
How foreign pressure affects mass mobilization in favor of authoritarian regimes
- S. Hellmeier
- Political Science
- 29 June 2020
Authoritarian regimes are frequent targets of international pressure in the form of economic sanctions or threats thereof. Existing research shows that foreign interventions can carry several…
A Framework for Understanding Regime Transformation: Introducing the ERT Dataset
- Seraphine F. Maerz, Amanda B. Edgell, M. Wilson, S. Hellmeier, S. Lindberg
- History
- 1 February 2021
This research project was principally supported by European Research Council, Consolidator Grant 724191, PI: Staffan I. Lindberg; but also by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to Wallenberg…
Deterring Dictatorship: Explaining Democratic Resilience since 1900
- V. Boese, Amanda B. Edgell, S. Hellmeier, Seraphine F. Maerz, Staffan I. Lindberg
- Political Science
- 1 May 2020
We recognize support by the Swedish Research Council, Grant 2018-01614, PI: Anna Luhrmann; by Knut
and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to Wallenberg Academy Fellow Staffan I. Lindberg, Grant 2018.0144;…
Pulling the Strings? The Strategic Use of Pro-Government Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
- S. Hellmeier, Nils B. Weidmann
- Political ScienceComparative Political Studies
- 24 April 2019
Protest against authoritarian rule is a well-studied phenomenon in the social sciences, but mass rallies in favor of authoritarian regimes have received only limited scholarly attention. While…
State of the world 2020: autocratization turns viral
- S. Hellmeier, R. Cole, S. Lindberg
- Political Science
- 24 May 2021
ABSTRACT This article analyses the state of democracy in 2020. The world is still more democratic than it was in the 1970s and 1980s, but a trend of autocratization is ongoing and affecting 25…
In the Spotlight: Analyzing Sequential Attention Effects in Protest Reporting
- S. Hellmeier, Nils B. Weidmann, Espen Geelmuyden Rød
- Sociology
- 18 April 2018
During waves of contention, international media attention can be of crucial importance for activists and protest participants. However, media attention is a scarce resource and the competition over…
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