Empirical research on democratization is dominated by case studies and small-N comparisons. This article is a first attempt to take stock of qualitative case-based research on democratization. It find
Scholars, the media, and ordinary people alike express alarm at the apparent loathing between Democrats and Republicans in the mass public. However, the evidence of such loathing typically comes from
Note: There is a more recent update of this data, covering 1800-2015. // This data set provides a dichotomous coding of democracy for every country in the world (219 total) from 1800 to 2010. It updat
This paper introduces a new approach to the quantitative study of democratization. Building on the comparative case-study and large-N literature, it outlines an episode approach that identifies the di
This version of the Shor-McCarty state legislative aggregate ideology data is being released as an update to the data underlying Shor and McCarty 2011. These are based on individual-level ideal point
