“Most studies of authoritarian political systems examine their inner workings, or the ways regime insiders use resources to limit activities threatening their hegemony. The authors here focus explicitly...

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In Ethiopia’s May 2015 parliamentary elections, the long-ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), together with its allies, claimed a historic victory with 100 percent of...

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In “China and the ‘Singapore Model,'” Stephan Ortmann and Mark R. Thompson examine China’s desire to learn from Singapore “how to combine authoritarian rule with ‘good governance.'”...

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The “internet of things” is made up of device networks that now watch us and report on our behavior to their manufacturers. What will this omnipresent connectivity mean for the future of democracy? Phil Howard discussed his new book, Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up.

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