Regimes of the World (RoW): Opening New Avenues for the Comparative Study of Political Regimes

• Published in: Politics and governance Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 60 - 77
• Main Authors: Lührmann, Anna, Tannenberg, Marcus, Lindberg, Staffan I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lisbon Cogitatio Press 01.01.2018; Cogitatio
• Subjects: Accountability; Authoritarianism; Autocracy; Bayesian analysis; Classification; Comparative studies; Democracy; Democratization; Diktatur; Dressing; Elections; Manipulation; Measurement; Measurement errors; Political Science; Political systems; Politics; Regime; Statsvetenskap; Strength; Typology; Uncertainty; Voter fraud; Voters; Voting rights

Classifying political regimes has never been more difficult. Most contemporary regimes hold de-jure multiparty elections with universal suffrage. In some countries, elections ensure that political rulers are—at least somewhat—accountable to the electorate whereas in others they are a mere window dre...