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D-Index
33
Citations
18169
World Ranking
869
National Ranking
35

Overview

Lucan A. Way is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in the Social Sciences, particularly focusing on Political Science and International Relations as well as Sociology and Political Science. Their research covers a range of topics related to political conflict, governance, and electoral systems.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Politics and Society in Latin America
  • Eastern European Communism and Reforms
  • International Development and Aid
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

Frequent co-authors of Lucan A. Way include:

  • Steven Levitsky
  • Jean Lachapelle
  • Adam E. Casey
  • Grigore Pop-Elecheș
  • Dan Slater

Key recent papers that reflect the scope of their collaborative research efforts are:

  • "The New Competitive Authoritarianism," 2020, Journal of democracy
  • "Social Revolution and Authoritarian Durability," 2020, World Politics
  • "Democracy's Surprising Resilience," 2023, Journal of democracy
  • "The Rebirth of the Liberal World Order?," 2022, Journal of democracy
  • "Censorship and the Impact of Repression on Dissent," 2021, American Journal of Political Science

Lucan A. Way's publications have appeared in several notable venues with multiple contributions in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of democracy
  • World Politics
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • American Journal of Political Science

In addition to articles, Lucan A. Way has authored books published by Princeton University Press, including two editions of "Revolution and Dictatorship," both from 2022, which have received citation attention in academic circles.

Best Publications

  • Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • THE RISE OF COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • Competitive Authoritarianism: Acronyms and Abbreviations

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • Competitive Authoritarianism: Introduction and Theory

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • International Linkage and Democratization

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan Way

  • Authoritarian State Building and the Sources of Regime Competitiveness in the Fourth Wave: The Cases of Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine

    Lucan A. Way

  • Linkage versus Leverage: Rethinking the International Dimension of Regime Change

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • The Real Causes of the Color Revolutions

    Lucan Way

  • The Myth of Democratic Recession

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan Way

  • Beyond Patronage: Violent Struggle, Ruling Party Cohesion, and Authoritarian Durability

    Steven R. Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • Linkage, Leverage, and the Post-Communist Divide

    Lucan A. Way;Steven Levitsky

  • The DurabiliTy of revoluTionary regimes

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan Way

  • Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics

    Lucan Way

  • The dynamics of autocratic coercion after the Cold War

    Lucan A. Way;Steven Levitsky

  • Kuchma's Failed Authoritarianism

    Lucan A. Way

  • Why Democracy Needs a Level Playing Field

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • Pluralism by Default in Moldova

    Lucan A. Way

  • Weak States and Pluralism: The Case of Moldova

    Lucan A. Way

  • Between a Shock and a Hard Place: The Dynamics of Labor-Backed Adjustment in Poland and Argentina

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way

  • The New Competitive Authoritarianism

    Steven Levitsky;Lucan Way

  • The limits of autocracy promotion: The case of Russia in the ‘near abroad’

    Lucan A. Way

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Levitsky
Steven Levitsky Harvard University
Mark R. Thompson
Mark R. Thompson City University of Hong Kong

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