Emergency powers in democratic states: Introducing the Democratic Emergency Powers dataset

This article discusses the content and causes of emergency powers in democratic states. It makes two main contributions. First, it introduces the Democratic Emergency Powers dataset, which codifies formal rules of institutional change during periods of emergency for all democracies from 1800 to 2012...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryan Rooney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-12-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168019892436