Adrian del Rio
@Delrio_Adri
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@MSCActions postdoc at @UniOslo_SVfak. Research: Dictatorship, elite divisions, business, government, education, democracy. bluesky: @adridelrio.bsky.social
Oslo, Norway
Joined November 2022
RT @BJPolS: NEW -. Choosing Democracy Over Party? How Civic Education Can Mitigate the Anti-Democratic Effects of Partisan Polarization - h….
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Update your reference list! The global dataset on #education by Knutsen, @philutsc, and myself has landed in an issue in CPS
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We introduce a global dataset on education policies and systems across modern history (EPSM), which includes measures on compulsory education, ideological guida...
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RT @ATiradoCastro: 🚨 New article alert! 🚨. Thrilled to share our latest open-access article in @PoliticsGenderJ: “Beyond Likes: The Role of….
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Beyond Likes: The Role of Influencers in Promoting Views about Feminism and Anti-feminism in Spain
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RT @DAcemogluMIT: Trump’s attack on US institutions, even if fully expected, is dispiriting, discombobulating and dangerous. In this very d….
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And this also applies for L&W sudden change of what competitive authoritarianism is.
And we’re back… Marshall is doing the Polity score no favors with this abrupt coding change. Yes it’s possible what is happening in America may constitute backsliding but as social scientists we need to be judicious in how we code and recode not just say ‘time has proven’.
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RT @xuyiqing: 1/ Recently, Professor Uri Simonsohn critiqued Hainmueller, Mummolo & Xu (2019), arguing that the proposed methods fail to re….
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Help needed! I am looking for #datasets on the stock market prices of #SouthAsian and #African companies (2000-2025). Any idea where I can find them? or shall I go for each #StockMarket? Thank you! 😇😇#authoritarianism #politicaleconomy #stockmarketscrash.
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It will also stay in my memory as the first book I read to my newborn. Indoctrination? =D.
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I am happy to share my book review of @sh_grewal 's book: Soldiers of democracy? Key to understanding the executive-military relationships and their implications for regime change and democracy. A must-read!!
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Published in Democratization (Vol. 32, No. 2, 2025)
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Thank you for sharing! :).
New article alert! .@Delrio_Adri & @M_higashijima examine at @cps_journal the relationship between elite divisions within authoritarian governments and democratization prospects. Check it out! #OpenAccess.
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Apply-apply-apply-aapplyyyy!!!.
Yesterday we finished another great season of the virtual workshop! Thank you all for joining!!.While we prepare the Spring season, we want to let you know we will be organizing another in-person conference over the summer! The CfP will be out soon. Stay tuned!
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RT @M_higashijima: It was a big pleasure working with you on this project, @Delrio_Adri! The article is open access and available via the l….
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RT @javierpmt2: Curious about what happened with Spanish Francoist elites after the Spanish Transition to democracy? In this new paper in @….
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Authoritarian elites may play an essential role in transitioning democracies, but little is known about the fate of these elites beyond that of the top leaders. This article offers the first panel-...
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We are honored for the input of so many colleges like @annemeng_, @LucanWay, @reutertweets, @Willibald_S, @ElvinOngPolSci, @ApsgWorkshop, @carlhknutsen, @dziblatt, @BoeseVanessa among other colleges and conference participants. Project funded by @MSCActions.
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We also discard many alternative hypotheses stemming from other party characteristics, factionalism, ideology, democratic culture, regime origins, economic development & inequality, leaders’ tenure, personality cults, and military power. Too much work in here!.
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Employing a panel matching estimator, we found strong evidence in support of our argument, as well as the causal mechanisms wherein the autocrats provide "carrots" to the military and employ "sticks" to citizens and the opposition by strengthening coercion and controls!.
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When the party is founded in violent struggles, elite divisions do not result in liberalizing autocratic countries. Under such regimes, alliances between the dictator and military are credibly tight, so the autocrats crack down on regime threats led by elite schism 🫡.
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