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A Generalized Gompertz Law for the Rise and Fall of Empires
Sabin Roman, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, Karoline Wiesner
Human societies tend to evolve toward increasing scale and complexity, often followed by stagnation and decline. Historical empires provide a prominent example of this trajectory;…
Unraveling 20th-century political regime dynamics using the physics of diffusion
Paula Pirker-Díaz, Matthew C. Wilson, Sönke Beier +1
Uncertainty persists over how and why some countries become democratic and others do not, or why some countries remain democratic and others 'backslide' toward autocracy. Furthermo…
The principal components of electoral regimes -- Separating autocracies from pseudo-democracies
Karoline Wiesner, Samuel Bien, Matthew C. Wilson
A critical issue for society today is the emergence and decline of democracy worldwide. It is unclear, however, how democratic features, such as elections and civil liberties, infl…