Political Science Research and Methods, 1-20 Abstract This paper introduces a new approach to the quantitative study of democratization. Building on the comparative case-study and large-N literature, it

Are some countries better equipped from the onset of a democratization process to become democracies? We compared successful and failed episodes of liberalization over the period 1900 to 2018 to exami

British Journal of Political Science 52: 1465–1471 Abstract When authoritarian regimes liberalize, are there observable patterns in the ordering of reforms, and are these patterns distinct for cases that

2008. Futures 40(3), April, 203-217.

Alternative demographic scenarios for Sweden are used to illustrate how even very small variations in the assumptions of demographic projections lead to radically different future population structure

Andreas Duit: Policy Feedback in Contemporary Democracies

How Policy Creates Politics: Policy Feedback in Contemporary Democracies Research seminar with Andreas Duit, Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Andreas Duit works

Research seminar with Jan Teorell, professor of political science at Lund University. Register hereAbstractDuring the past decade, many parliamentary democracies have experienced bargaining delays when

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Andreas Duit, Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Andreas Duit

How policy creates politics. Policy feedback in contemporary democracies

Why do political actors find it increasingly difficult to design effective policies and address pressing social problems. This project tries to find the answer in changes of the policy feedback mechanisms by using longitudinal datasets from 30 countries.

Anna Lührmann: Walking the Talk. Which Parties Threaten Democracy?

The recent increase of democratic declines around the world has sparked a new generation of studies on the topic. Scholars agree that these days the main threat to democracy arises from democratically