Source Themes

Multilevel Regime Decoupling: The Territorial Dimension of Autocratization and Contemporary Regime Change

In this piece, I conceptualize and present evidence for multilevel regime decoupling (MRD), the phenomenon by which regimes across different territorial levels inside countries move in separate directions.

The Persistence of Latin America’s Violent Democracies

In this collaborative piece with Daniel Barker, we map the latest scholarly developments on how Latin America has dealt with the challenges posed by violent, militarized state and non-state actors.

Measuring and assessing subnational electoral democracy: a new dataset for the Americas and India

I introduce the Index of Subnational Electoral Democracy (ISED) and use it to assess subnational regimes in 9 Latin American countries, the USA, Canada, and India.

El origen, trayecto, y rumbo de la investigación en torno a la variación de los regímenes subnacionales

In this article I explore what we do (not) know about subnational regime heterogeneity and pinpoint areas in need of further research.

Inside countries: reduciendo la escala de análisis en el análisis político

A brief review of Inside Countries, a volume which unpacks the strengths of subnational research.