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See papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We find that backsliding occurs (1) When the incumbent's followers tolerate violations of democracy, so that the incumbent backslides with popular support, or (2) When the incumbent exceeds the limits of tolerance, so it can stay in power only if it backslides.

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My Diary, Week 2 przeworski.substack.com?r=5a5q1f&utm...

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I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

Only economists use Polity data.

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What happens to revolutionary parties after revolutions? My excursion into political history. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

I cannot find categories to understand what is going on. Everything feels like an aftermath of a revolution and worse is still to come. But it resulted from an election. Elections are not supposed to generate radical transformations. Perhaps Krugman is right: too early to tell.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Michael was a scholar of exceptional courage, originality, and intellect. There goes 52 years of friendship. Painful.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

"Bias" eliminates 100% of statistical research.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

It’s actually uncomfortable and distressing to read this piece by Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social that explores what is actually happening to the United States if it were viewed honestly. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

When I was growing up in Poland, the communist government banned the word "elite" (because it was used by Djilas) and "bureaucracy" (because it was used by Trotsky.h

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

US-style constitutional review is not associated with better observance of different kinds of rights nor with faster economic growth, but it is associated with higher income inequality. See papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Very good on Argentina: nuso.org/articulo/jav...

submitted 65 days ago • 3 comments

A superb paper.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Just out of curiosity, I am collecting trends that show acceleration (first and second derivatives have the same sign, perhaps with some smoothing). Examples: annual temperature, % of children born out of marriage in Europe. If you have other examples, please mail me at [email protected].

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

A revised version of my, rather bleak, essay in The Future of Social Democracy is at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Somebody at @ajpseditor.bsky.social has a great sense of humor, having accepted our paper on the “dictator’s dilemma” the very day that Bashar al-Assad fled Syria. Joint with @luozhaotian.bsky.social, @antonshirikov.bsky.social, and Dmitriy Vorobyev. https://osf.io/b94fc

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

A little nugget from Esping-Andersen on partisan politics, workers' power, and the welfare state in capitalist economies. This was written 35 years ago.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Near 600 and growing number of political scientists calling for the immediate impeachment of South Korean president

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Exceptionally lucid and solid.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Sad to hear the brilliant and great Walter Korpi passed. Korpi was on a very short list of my all time favorite political economic theorists. Almost all my work is fundamentally based on power resources theory. His work on the welfare state is pivotal and central to so many fields.

submitted 95 days ago • 2 comments

Why democracy, backsliding, or autocracy? Unabashedly, I think this model has exceptionally rich results. The introductory overview is intended to be self-explanatory without delving into the math. See papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Just to signal my presence. I will not longer post at X.

submitted 104 days ago • 6 comments