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Holding the state at bay: understanding media freedoms in Africa
Peter VonDoepp & Daniel J. Young
Pages: 1101-1121
Published online: 02 Jul 2015
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Authoritarian backsliding and the concentration of political power
Jennifer Raymond Dresden & Marc Morjé Howard
Pages: 1122-1143
Published online: 14 Jul 2015
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Between entrenchment, reform and transformation: ethnicity and Lebanon's consociational democracy
John Nagle
Pages: 1144-1161
Published online: 15 Jul 2015
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Recall referendums in Peruvian municipalities: a political weapon for bad losers or an instrument of accountability?
Yanina Welp
Pages: 1162-1179
Published online: 12 Aug 2015
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Procedural justice and perceived electoral integrity: the case of Korea's 2012 presidential election
Youngho Cho & Yong Cheol Kim
Pages: 1180-1197
Published online: 14 Sep 2015
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Does democracy reduce corruption?
Ivar Kolstad & Arne Wiig
Pages: 1198-1215
Published online: 13 Oct 2015
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Local determinants of an emerging electoral hegemony: the case of Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey
Kursat Cinar
Pages: 1216-1235
Published online: 17 Sep 2015
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Informal interference in the judiciary in new democracies: a comparison of six African and Latin American cases
Mariana Llanos, Cordula Tibi Weber, Charlotte Heyl & Alexander Stroh
Pages: 1236-1253
Published online: 21 Sep 2015
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Horizontal accountability and the challenges for democratic consolidation in Africa: evidence from Liberia
Landry Signé & Koiffi Korha
Pages: 1254-1271
Published online: 11 Oct 2015
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Democratic inclusiveness, climate policy outputs, and climate policy outcomes
Tobias Böhmelt, Marit Böker & Hugh Ward
Pages: 1272-1291
Published online: 10 Nov 2015
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Arab Spring constitution-making: polarization, exclusion, and constraints
Ester Cross & Jason Sorens
Pages: 1292-1312
Published online: 27 Nov 2015
Book reviews
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Beyond religious freedom. The new global politics of religion, by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Jeffrey Haynes
Pages: 1313-1315
Published online: 08 Dec 2015
book review
Elections and democracy: representation and accountability, edited by Jacques Thomassen
Matthijs Bogaards
Pages: 1315-1316
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
book review
Understanding nonviolence: contours and contexts, edited by Maia Carter Hallward and Julie M. Norman
Caglayan Baser
Pages: 1316-1318
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
book review
Young Islam: the new politics of religion in Morocco and the Arab world, by Avi Max Spiegel
Tanja Eschenauer
Pages: 1318-1320
Published online: 16 Dec 2015
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