Maya Tudor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3977889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maya Tudor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maya |
| FAMILY NAME | Tudor |
| SIGNATURE | TUDOR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1243-4124 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 161 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do
This essay evaluates the real-world outcomes of democracy amid growing global democratic disillusionment. Drawing on extensive comparative research, the author argues that democracies generally foster longer lives, more education, greater peace, and sustained economic growth, though not always with consistent quality or speed. While autocracies sometimes achieve rapid gains, they also produce volatility, repression, and data manipulation. The ess…
Pakistan's Coming Crisis
Pakistan's 2024 elections delivered a shocking surprise. Imran Khan's PTI won the largest number of seats amid heavy state repression. With this result, well-worn political patterns—whereby military favor virtually guaranteed a party's electoral success—were upended. This essay argues that Pakistan's 2024 election is not a "black swan" event but instead signals a coming crisis of governability that grows out of three structural changes: the rise …
Varieties of Nationalism: Communities, Narratives, Identities
Nationalism has long been a normatively and empirically contested concept, associated with democratic revolutions and public goods provision, but also with xenophobia, genocide, and wars. Moving beyond facile distinctions between 'good' and 'bad' nationalisms, the authors argue that nationalism is an empirically variegated ideology. Definitional disagreements, Eurocentric conceptualizations, and linear associations between ethnicity and nationali…
The consequences of nationalism: A scholarly exchange
The main thrust of the scholarship on nationalism has so far been concerned with its origins. But nationalism also has effects. Whether it underpins the nation‐building efforts of states, is mobilised by counter‐state forces or is used in everyday life, nationalism might implicate a wide range of substantive outcomes, including political regimes, public goods provision, citizenship and immigration laws, and different patterns of conflict. Yet—wit…
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying
India exemplifies the global democratic recession. India's recent downgrade to a hybrid regime is a major influence on the world's autocratization. And the modality of India's democratic decline reveals how democracies die today: not through a dramatic coup or midnight arrests of opposition leaders, but instead, it moves through the fully legal harassment of the opposition, intimidation of media, and centralization of executive power. By equating…
Why India's Democracy Is Dying
India exemplifies the global democratic recession. India’s recent downgrade to a hybrid regime is a major influence on the world’s autocratization. And the modality of India’s democratic decline reveals how democracies die today: not through a dramatic coup or midnight arrests of opposition leaders, but instead, it moves through the fully legal harassment of the opposition, intimidation of media, and centralization of executive power. By equating…
Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Amid the global resurgence of nationalist governments, what do we know about nationalism? This review takes stock of political science debates on nationalism to critically assess what we already know and what we still need to know. We begin by synthesizing classic debates and tracing the origins of the current consensus that nations are historically contingent and socially constructed. We then highlight three trends in contemporary nationalism sc…
Gyan Prakash. Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point
Nationalism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy: Historical Lessons from South and Southeast Asia
Divided societies have long been seen as terrible terrain for democracy. Yet some countries in South and Southeast Asia have managed to overcome ethnic and religious rifts and establish lasting democracy, as in India, while other countries in these regions have seen such deep divisions underpin durable authoritarianism, as in Malaysia. We trace these differences to divergent definitions of the nation that prevailed in struggles for independence a…
Social Cleavages, Party Organization, and the End of Single-Party Dominance: Insights from India
When do electorally dominant parties lose power in democracies? Drawing on the experiences of India's states during the period of Indian National Congress dominance, we argue that single-party dominance is less likely to endure under two conditions: first, when one of the opposition parties possesses a longstanding and robust party organization and, second, when there is a single social cleavage dividing the political class into two main cleavage…
How opposition parties sustain single-party dominance: Lessons from India
When elections are free and fair, why do some political parties rule for prolonged periods of time? Most explanations for single-party dominance focus on the dominant party’s origins, resources, or strategies. In this article, we show how opposition parties can undermine or sustain single-party dominance. Specifically, opposition parties should be central in explaining single-party dominance in countries with highly disproportional electoral syst…
Pakistan’s Security State of Mind
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Shifting Tides in South Asia: Renewed Hope in Pakistan
The victory of former premier Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (known as the PML-N) over the incumbent Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the 11 May 2013 national elections marks a milestone in Pakistan’s history. During the course of the country’s 66 years as a sovereign state, instability has become the norm, with lurches from fragile democracy to military rule all too common. Against this stark backdrop, the convincing opposition win in a r…
Explaining Democracy's Origins: Lessons from South Asia
Why, upon the 1947 Partition of British India, was India able to establish a stable democracy while structurally similar Pakistan created an unstable autocracy? The differential strengths of India and Pakistan's independence movements directly account for their divergent democratization trajectories. These movements were initially constructed to pursue historically conditioned class interests. An examination of these movements leads to a broader …
Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Amid the global resurgence of nationalist governments, what do we know about nationalism? This review takes stock of political science debates on nationalism to critically assess what we already know and what we still need to know. We begin by synthesizing classic debates and tracing the origins of the current consensus that nations are historically contingent and socially constructed. We then highlight three trends in contemporary nationalism sc…
Nationalism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy: Historical Lessons from South and Southeast Asia
Divided societies have long been seen as terrible terrain for democracy. Yet some countries in South and Southeast Asia have managed to overcome ethnic and religious rifts and establish lasting democracy, as in India, while other countries in these regions have seen such deep divisions underpin durable authoritarianism, as in Malaysia. We trace these differences to divergent definitions of the nation that prevailed in struggles for independence a…
How opposition parties sustain single-party dominance: Lessons from India
When elections are free and fair, why do some political parties rule for prolonged periods of time? Most explanations for single-party dominance focus on the dominant party’s origins, resources, or strategies. In this article, we show how opposition parties can undermine or sustain single-party dominance. Specifically, opposition parties should be central in explaining single-party dominance in countries with highly disproportional electoral syst…
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying
India exemplifies the global democratic recession. India's recent downgrade to a hybrid regime is a major influence on the world's autocratization. And the modality of India's democratic decline reveals how democracies die today: not through a dramatic coup or midnight arrests of opposition leaders, but instead, it moves through the fully legal harassment of the opposition, intimidation of media, and centralization of executive power. By equating…
Social Cleavages, Party Organization, and the End of Single-Party Dominance: Insights from India
When do electorally dominant parties lose power in democracies? Drawing on the experiences of India's states during the period of Indian National Congress dominance, we argue that single-party dominance is less likely to endure under two conditions: first, when one of the opposition parties possesses a longstanding and robust party organization and, second, when there is a single social cleavage dividing the political class into two main cleavage…
The consequences of nationalism: A scholarly exchange
The main thrust of the scholarship on nationalism has so far been concerned with its origins. But nationalism also has effects. Whether it underpins the nation‐building efforts of states, is mobilised by counter‐state forces or is used in everyday life, nationalism might implicate a wide range of substantive outcomes, including political regimes, public goods provision, citizenship and immigration laws, and different patterns of conflict. Yet—wit…
Shifting Tides in South Asia: Renewed Hope in Pakistan
The victory of former premier Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (known as the PML-N) over the incumbent Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the 11 May 2013 national elections marks a milestone in Pakistan’s history. During the course of the country’s 66 years as a sovereign state, instability has become the norm, with lurches from fragile democracy to military rule all too common. Against this stark backdrop, the convincing opposition win in a r…
Pakistan's Coming Crisis
Pakistan's 2024 elections delivered a shocking surprise. Imran Khan's PTI won the largest number of seats amid heavy state repression. With this result, well-worn political patterns—whereby military favor virtually guaranteed a party's electoral success—were upended. This essay argues that Pakistan's 2024 election is not a "black swan" event but instead signals a coming crisis of governability that grows out of three structural changes: the rise …
Explaining Democracy's Origins: Lessons from South Asia
Why, upon the 1947 Partition of British India, was India able to establish a stable democracy while structurally similar Pakistan created an unstable autocracy? The differential strengths of India and Pakistan's independence movements directly account for their divergent democratization trajectories. These movements were initially constructed to pursue historically conditioned class interests. An examination of these movements leads to a broader …
Explaining Democracy's Origins: Lessons from South Asia
Why, upon the 1947 Partition of British India, was India able to establish a stable democracy while structurally similar Pakistan created an unstable autocracy? The differential strengths of India and Pakistan's independence movements directly account for their divergent democratization trajectories. These movements were initially constructed to pursue historically conditioned class interests. An examination of these movements leads to a broader …
Shifting Tides in South Asia: Renewed Hope in Pakistan
The victory of former premier Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (known as the PML-N) over the incumbent Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the 11 May 2013 national elections marks a milestone in Pakistan’s history. During the course of the country’s 66 years as a sovereign state, instability has become the norm, with lurches from fragile democracy to military rule all too common. Against this stark backdrop, the convincing opposition win in a r…
Pakistan’s Security State of Mind
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
How opposition parties sustain single-party dominance: Lessons from India
When elections are free and fair, why do some political parties rule for prolonged periods of time? Most explanations for single-party dominance focus on the dominant party’s origins, resources, or strategies. In this article, we show how opposition parties can undermine or sustain single-party dominance. Specifically, opposition parties should be central in explaining single-party dominance in countries with highly disproportional electoral syst…
Social Cleavages, Party Organization, and the End of Single-Party Dominance: Insights from India
When do electorally dominant parties lose power in democracies? Drawing on the experiences of India's states during the period of Indian National Congress dominance, we argue that single-party dominance is less likely to endure under two conditions: first, when one of the opposition parties possesses a longstanding and robust party organization and, second, when there is a single social cleavage dividing the political class into two main cleavage…
Gyan Prakash. Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point
Nationalism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy: Historical Lessons from South and Southeast Asia
Divided societies have long been seen as terrible terrain for democracy. Yet some countries in South and Southeast Asia have managed to overcome ethnic and religious rifts and establish lasting democracy, as in India, while other countries in these regions have seen such deep divisions underpin durable authoritarianism, as in Malaysia. We trace these differences to divergent definitions of the nation that prevailed in struggles for independence a…
Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Amid the global resurgence of nationalist governments, what do we know about nationalism? This review takes stock of political science debates on nationalism to critically assess what we already know and what we still need to know. We begin by synthesizing classic debates and tracing the origins of the current consensus that nations are historically contingent and socially constructed. We then highlight three trends in contemporary nationalism sc…
Varieties of Nationalism: Communities, Narratives, Identities
Nationalism has long been a normatively and empirically contested concept, associated with democratic revolutions and public goods provision, but also with xenophobia, genocide, and wars. Moving beyond facile distinctions between 'good' and 'bad' nationalisms, the authors argue that nationalism is an empirically variegated ideology. Definitional disagreements, Eurocentric conceptualizations, and linear associations between ethnicity and nationali…
The consequences of nationalism: A scholarly exchange
The main thrust of the scholarship on nationalism has so far been concerned with its origins. But nationalism also has effects. Whether it underpins the nation‐building efforts of states, is mobilised by counter‐state forces or is used in everyday life, nationalism might implicate a wide range of substantive outcomes, including political regimes, public goods provision, citizenship and immigration laws, and different patterns of conflict. Yet—wit…
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying
India exemplifies the global democratic recession. India's recent downgrade to a hybrid regime is a major influence on the world's autocratization. And the modality of India's democratic decline reveals how democracies die today: not through a dramatic coup or midnight arrests of opposition leaders, but instead, it moves through the fully legal harassment of the opposition, intimidation of media, and centralization of executive power. By equating…
Why India's Democracy Is Dying
India exemplifies the global democratic recession. India’s recent downgrade to a hybrid regime is a major influence on the world’s autocratization. And the modality of India’s democratic decline reveals how democracies die today: not through a dramatic coup or midnight arrests of opposition leaders, but instead, it moves through the fully legal harassment of the opposition, intimidation of media, and centralization of executive power. By equating…
Pakistan's Coming Crisis
Pakistan's 2024 elections delivered a shocking surprise. Imran Khan's PTI won the largest number of seats amid heavy state repression. With this result, well-worn political patterns—whereby military favor virtually guaranteed a party's electoral success—were upended. This essay argues that Pakistan's 2024 election is not a "black swan" event but instead signals a coming crisis of governability that grows out of three structural changes: the rise …
What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do
This essay evaluates the real-world outcomes of democracy amid growing global democratic disillusionment. Drawing on extensive comparative research, the author argues that democracies generally foster longer lives, more education, greater peace, and sustained economic growth, though not always with consistent quality or speed. While autocracies sometimes achieve rapid gains, they also produce volatility, repression, and data manipulation. The ess…
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