Selected Publications

Wzbaktiv
2023

Articles in reviewed journals

Hellmeier, Sebastian/Bernhard, Michael (2023): "Regime Transformation from Below. Mobilization for Democracy and Autocracy from 1900 to 2021". In: Comparative Political Studies, advance access, 03.02.2023, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140231152793.
Hellmeier, Sebastian/Vüllers, Johannes (2023): "Dynamics and Determinants of Right-Wing Populist Mobilisation in Germany". In: West European Politics, Vol. 46, No. 5, S. 1024-1037. (vorab online publiziert 21.11.2022)
2022

Articles in reviewed journals

Alizade, Jeyhun/Ellger, Fabio (2022): "Do Politicians Discriminate Against Constituents with an Immigration Background? Field Experimental Evidence from Germany". In: The Journal of Politics, Vol. 84, No. 3, S. 1823-1827. (vorab online publiziert 14.05.2021)
Dasgupta, Aditya/Ziblatt, Daniel (2022): "Capital Meets Democracy. The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond Markets". In: American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 66, No. 3, S. 630-647. (vorab online publiziert 16.03.2021, als Preprint publiziert in SocArxiv 11.01.2021)
Keremoğlu, Eda/Hellmeier, Sebastian/Weidmann, Nils B. (2022): "Thin-Skinned Leaders. Regime Legitimation, Protest issues, and Repression in Autocracies". In: Political Science Research and Methods, Vol. 10, No. 1, S. 136-152. (vorab online publiziert 05.05.2021)
Lachapelle, Jean/Hellmeier, Sebastian (2022): "Pathways to Democracy after Authoritarian Breakdown. Comparative Case Selection and Lessons from the Past". In: International Political Science Review/Revue internationale de science politique, advance access, 15.12.2022, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01925121221138408.
Şaşmaz, Aytuğ/Yağcı, Alper H./Ziblatt, Daniel (2022): "How Voters Respond to Presidential Assaults on Checks and Balances. Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey". In: Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 55, No. 11, S. 1947-1980. (vorab online publiziert 13.01.2022)

Articles in collective volumes

Ziblatt, Daniel (2022): "Der wirksame Staat. Was uns die Corona-Pandemie über die Widerstandsfähigkeit von Demokratien sagt". In: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Hg.): Zur Zukunft der Demokratie. 36 Perspektiven. München: Siedler Verlag, S. 327-334.

Articles in non-reviewed journals

Hellmeier, Sebastian (2022): "Demokratische Resilienz. Auch für Gesellschaften ist die Pandemie ein Stresstest". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 1=Nr. 175, S. 25-28.
2021

Articles in reviewed journals

Boese, Vanessa A./Edgell, Amanda B./Hellmeier, Sebastian/Maerz, Seraphine F./Lindberg, Staffan I. (2021): "How Democracies Prevail. Democratic Resilience as a Two-Stage Process". In: Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 5, Special Issue "Resilience of Democracies. Responses to Illiberal and Authoritarian Challenges", edited by Wolfgang Merkel/Anna Lührmann, S. 885-907. (vorab online publiziert 27.04.2021)
Hellmeier, Sebastian/Cole, Rowan/Grahn, Sandra/Kolvani, Palina/Lachapelle, Jean/Lührmann, Anna/Maerz, Seraphine F./Pillai, Shreeya/Lindberg, Staffan I. (2021): "State of the World 2020. Autocratization Turns Viral". In: Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 6, S. 1053-1074. (vorab online publiziert 24.05.2021)

Articles in non-reviewed journals

Ellger, Fabio/Hilbig, Hanno/Riaz, Sascha/Tillmann, Philipp (2021): "Weniger Stimmen für die Volksparteien. Warum Lokalzeitungssterben zur Polarisierung der Wählerschaft beiträgt". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 172, Online-Supplement.
Ziblatt, Daniel/Levitsky, Steven (2021): "Die Verzweiflung der alten Mehrheit. Amerikas Konservative setzen die Demokratie aufs Spiel". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 172, S. 6-9.

WZB discussion papers / working papers

Lachapelle, Jean/Hellmeier, Sebastian/Lührmann, Anna (2021): How to Build Democracy after Authoritarian Breakdown. Insights from a Mixed Methods Approach. V-Dem Working Papers 122. Gothenburg: The Varieties of Democracy Institute at the University of Gothenburg - V-Dem Institute.
Ziblatt, Daniel/Hilbig, Hanno/Bischof, Daniel (2021): Wealth of Tongues. Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right in Germany. SocArXiv Papers. College Park, MA: SocArXiv. (Version 1 online publiziert 23.04.2020)