Publications
2025
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
Nord, M., Angiolillo, F., Lundstedt, M., Wiebrecht, F., & Lindberg, S. I. (n.d.). When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900. Democratization, 1-24. doi:10.1080/13510347.2024.2448742
2024
Disinformation and Regime Survival.
Sato, Y., & Wiebrecht, F. (2024). Disinformation and Regime Survival.. Political research quarterly, 77(3), 1010-1025. doi:10.1177/10659129241252811
Environmental antecedents, innovation experience, and officials’ innovation willingness: evidence from China
Huang, B., Wu, X., & Wiebrecht, F. (2024). Environmental antecedents, innovation experience, and officials’ innovation willingness: evidence from China. Public Management Review. doi:10.1080/14719037.2024.2349118
Lobbying the autocrat: the dynamics of policy advocacy in nondemocracies
Wiebrecht, F. (2024). Lobbying the autocrat: the dynamics of policy advocacy in nondemocracies. Democratization, 31(3), 686-688. doi:10.1080/13510347.2023.2299226
Corruption, Elite Contestation, and Parliaments: Why Do Legislatures Become Stronger in Authoritarian Regimes?
Wiebrecht, F. (2023). Corruption, Elite Contestation, and Parliaments: Why Do Legislatures Become Stronger in Authoritarian Regimes?. POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY. doi:10.1177/10659129231205296
Case for Democracy Report
Expertise and Responsiveness in People's Political Consultative Conferences
Wiebrecht, F. (n.d.). Expertise and Responsiveness in People's Political Consultative Conferences. The China Quarterly, 1-18. doi:10.1017/s0305741024001486
2023
State of the world 2022: defiance in the face of autocratization
Wiebrecht, F., Sato, Y., Nord, M., Lundstedt, M., Angiolillo, F., & Lindberg, S. I. (2023). State of the world 2022: defiance in the face of autocratization. DEMOCRATIZATION, 30(5), 769-793. doi:10.1080/13510347.2023.2199452
Democracy Report 2023
Wiebrecht, F., Papada, E., Angiolillo, F., Gastaldi, L., Koehler, T., Lundstedt, M., . . . Lindberg, S. I. (2023). Democracy Report 2023: Democracy Report 2023: Defiance in the Face of Autocratization.
Defiance in the Face of Autocratization. Democracy Report 2023
2022
Explaining Activity in Authoritarian Assemblies: Evidence from China
Wiebrecht, F. (2022). Explaining Activity in Authoritarian Assemblies: Evidence from China. JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, 22(3), 435-455. doi:10.1017/jea.2022.19
2021
The dynamic role of governments in adopting policy innovations in China
Huang, B., & Wiebrecht, F. (2021). The dynamic role of governments in adopting policy innovations in China. POLICY AND POLITICS, 49(4), 633-651. doi:10.1332/030557321X16292224745415
Between elites and opposition: legislatures' strength in authoritarian regimes
Wiebrecht, F. (2021). Between elites and opposition: legislatures' strength in authoritarian regimes. DEMOCRATIZATION, 28(6), 1075-1094. doi:10.1080/13510347.2021.1881487
Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions in the European Radical Right: 2000-2020
Downes, J. F., & Chan, E. K. F. (2021). Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions inthe European Radical Right: 2000-2020. In E. Leidig (Ed.), The Radical Right During Crisis CARR Yearbook 2020/2021 (pp. 325-330). Columbia University Press/Ibidem.
2020
From ‘Challengers’ to ‘Incumbents’: The Populist Radical Right in Government
Downes, J. F., & Chan, E. K. F. (2020). From ‘Challengers’ to ‘Incumbents’: The PopulistRadical Right in Government. In E. Leidig (Ed.), Mainstreaming the Global Radical Right Carr Yearbook 2019/2020 (pp. 121-127). Columbia University Press/Ibidem Press.
2019
Illiberal China - the ideological challenge of the People's Republic of China, by Daniel F. Vukovich
Wiebrecht, F. (2019). Illiberal China - the ideological challenge of the People's Republic of China, by Daniel F. Vukovich. DEMOCRATIZATION, 26(2), 348-350. doi:10.1080/13510347.2018.1514015
2018
Cultural co-orientation revisited: The case of the <i>South China Morning Post</i>
Wiebrecht, F. (2018). Cultural co-orientation revisited: The case of the <i>South China Morning Post</i>. GLOBAL MEDIA AND CHINA, 3(1), 32-50. doi:10.1177/2059436418778306
2017
Book review: The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century
Wiebrecht, F. (2017). Book review: The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century. China Information, 31(2), 262-263. doi:10.1177/0920203x17715610g