John F. Clark is associate professor and chairs the Department of International Relations at Florida International University. He is author of The Failure of Democracy in the Republic of Congo (2008).
Latin America’s much-discussed political “left turn” has taken two very different forms. Why has the region’s commodities boom led some left-turn states to move toward “plebiscitarian superpresidentialism,” while others have…
The interplay between elections, popular protests, and international pressures has a profound effect on the behavior of African autocrats and their ability to stay in power even after their time…
