To accomplish the objectives and the outcomes of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), African leaders have agreed, among other things, to subject their countries to peer review through the use of a unique and innovative African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). This paper analytically describes and assesses the APRM. It contends that peer review represents a sea of change in the th...

Authoritarianism is widely conceived as destructive phenomenon that threatens liberal societies. However, some scholars suggest authoritarianism beneficial both for individuals' sense of control and goal attainment within groups. In line with this reasoning, collective problems, such the COVID-19 crisis climate change, may go hand in increased levels authoritarianism. While individuals generall...

Why do people vary in their views of human nature and their visions of the good society? Why do many people categorize themselves as “liberal,” “conservative,” “libertarian,” “socialist,” and so on? Some researchers try to answer these questions by starting with people’s self-identifications and then moving “down,” examining traits (such as openness to experience) that underlie and predict endo...

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Mahathir Mohamad’s autocratic leadership over Malaysia for decades has left the country with a reputation being, at best, hybrid system. The witnessed rise of internet during Mahathir’s first term as prime minister, which led to establishment Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in 1998 oversee telecommunications within country. Since then, MCMC overseen removal inflammator...

How do we theorize the unexpected global trend of democratic regression? Building upon recent literature on backsliding, offer a new conceptualization notion authoritarianism, denoting use democratic-looking institutions for expansion authoritarian forms power across different regime types, and authoritarian. Whereas existing accounts autocratization focus overwhelmingly executive, outline auth...