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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Daniel Ziblatt is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, and international relations. Their research encompasses a variety of topics, including political conflict and governance, electoral systems and political participation, international development and aid, qualitative comparative analysis research, and issues specific to Hong Kong and Taiwan politics as well as China's socioeconomic reforms and governance.

Their recent papers span several years and notable venues, illustrating engagement with both data-driven and theoretical political science literature. Some of the recent publications include:

  • V-Dem Codebook v14 (2024), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Codebook v11 (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1 (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Authoritarian-Led Democratization (2020), Annual Review of Political Science
  • V-Dem Codebook V10 (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal

Daniel Ziblatt collaborates frequently with several scholars who appear repeatedly as co-authors:

  • Michael Coppedge
  • John Gerring
  • Carl Henrik Knutsen
  • Staffan I. Lindberg
  • Jan Teorell

Their works are published primarily in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal and Harvard Dataverse, along with contributions to the Annual Review of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and the Journal of Democracy.

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Annual Review of Political Science
  • Comparative Political Studies
  • Journal of Democracy

The fields of specialization for Daniel Ziblatt include:

  • Social Sciences

Their subfields include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Finance
  • History
  • Development

In recognition of scholarly contributions, Daniel Ziblatt received the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association in 2018.

Best Publications

  • How Democracies Die

    Steven Levitsky;Daniel Ziblatt

  • V-Dem Codebook V8

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond

    Giovanni Capoccia;Daniel Ziblatt

  • Structuring the State

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • An Institutional Theory of Direct and Indirect Rule

    John Gerring;Daniel Ziblatt;Johan Van Gorp;Julián Arévalo

  • The Enduring Indispensability of the Controlled Comparison

    Dan Slater;Daniel Ziblatt

  • V-Dem Codebook v11

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  • Shaping Democratic Practice and the Causes of Electoral Fraud: The Case of Nineteenth-Century Germany

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • Conservative Parties and the Birth of Modern Democracy in Europe

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  • Social Stratification and Welfare Regimes for the Twenty-First Century: Revisiting The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

    Lyle A. Scruggs;James P. Allan

  • V-Dem Codebook V10

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  • Does Landholding Inequality Block Democratization?: A Test of the "Bread and Democracy" Thesis and the Case of Prussia

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • How Did Europe Democratize

    Daniel Ziblatt;Daniel Ziblatt

  • V-Dem Dataset v7

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Rethinking the Origins of Federalism: Puzzle, Theory, and Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Europe

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • Why Some Cities Provide More Public Goods than Others: A Subnational Comparison of the Provision of Public Goods in German Cities in 1912

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy

    Daniel Ziblatt

  • Center-Right Political Parties in Advanced Democracies

    Noam Gidron;Daniel Ziblatt

  • The Adaptation of Ex-Communist Parties to Post-Communist East Central Europe: a Comparative Study of the East German and Hungarian Ex-Communist Parties

    Daniel F Ziblatt

  • An Introduction to Special Issue The Causes and Consequences of Secret Ballot Reform

    Jan Teorell;Daniel Ziblatt;Fabrice Lehoucq

  • Authoritarian-Led Democratization

    Rachel Beatty Riedl;Dan Slater;Joseph Wong;Daniel Ziblatt

  • How do voters perceive changes to the rules of the game? Evidence from the 2014 Hungarian elections

    John S. Ahlquist;Nahomi Ichino;Jason Wittenberg;Daniel Ziblatt

  • Does Decentralisation Make Government More Efficient and Effective

    Conor O'dwyer;Daniel Ziblatt

  • Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe One Hundred Years On

    Grzegorz Ekiert;Daniel Ziblatt

  • The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond. CES Working Paper Series No. 177, 2010

    Giovanni Capoccia;Daniel. Ziblatt

Frequent Co-Authors

John Gerring
John Gerring The University of Texas at Austin
Jan Teorell
Jan Teorell Stockholm University
Jeffrey K. Staton
Jeffrey K. Staton Emory University
Svend-Erik Skaaning
Svend-Erik Skaaning Aarhus University
Steven Levitsky
Steven Levitsky Harvard University
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
M. Steven Fish
M. Steven Fish University of California, Berkeley
David Altman
David Altman Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin
Aksel Sundström
Aksel Sundström University of Gothenburg

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