Refereed Articles
Lachapelle, Jean, and Sebastian Hellmeier. “Pathways to Democracy after Authoritarian Breakdown: Comparative Case selection and Lessons from the Past.” International Political Science Review, 2022.
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[Article][pdf]
Lachapelle, Jean. “Repression Reconsidered: Bystander Effects and Legitimation in Authoritarian Regimes,” Comparative Politics, July 2022.
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[Article][pdf]
Edgell, Amanda, Jean Lachapelle, Anna Lührmann and Seraphine Maerz. “Pandemic Backsliding: Violations of Democratic Standards during Covid-19,” Social Science and Medicine, 285:114244, 2021.
[Article] [pdf][Replication]
[Article] [pdf][Replication]
Lachapelle, Jean, Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Adam Casey. “Social Revolution and Authoritarian Durability,” World Politics, 72:4, 2020.
[Article] [Appendix] [Replication] [Erratum]
[Article] [Appendix] [Replication] [Erratum]
Lachapelle, Jean. “No Easy Way Out: The Effect of Military Coups on State Repression,” Journal of Politics, 82:4, 2020.
[Article] [Appendix] [Replication]
[Article] [Appendix] [Replication]
Lachapelle, Jean, and Robert H. Brandenberger. “Preheating with Non-Standard Kinetic Term.” Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP). 4:20, 2009.
[Article] [arXiv preprint]
[Article] [arXiv preprint]
Book Projects
Rules of Repression: Military Regimes, Coercion, and Autocratic Survival.
Warriors and Rulers: Political Origins of Military Power. With Adam E. Casey and Dan Slater.
Work in Progress
“When Is Repression Popular?” Working paper.
"National Liberation and Decolonization," with Adam Casey and Lucan Way. Working paper.
“Electoral Violence and Insurgency under Colonial Rule.” Working paper.
Book Chapters
Lachapelle, Jean. “Repression of Islamists and Authoritarian Survival in the Arab World: A Case Study of Egypt.” In The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies. Eds. Melani Cammett and Pauline Jones. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. 101-114.
Lachapelle, Jean. “Puissance et vulnérabilité de l’appareil sécuritaire égyptien.” In Soulèvements populaires et recompositions politiques dans le Monde arabe. Eds. Frédéric Vairel and Michel Camau. Montréal, Canada: University of Montreal Press, 2014.
Selected Other Publications
”The International Aftermath of the Arab Spring,” Democracy and Autocracy Newsletter, American Political Science Association, 9(2) September 2021. (Guest Editor).
“Pandemic Backsliding: A Year of Violations and Advances in Response to Covid-19,” V-Dem Policy Brief, No. 32, July 2021. With Palina Kolvani, Martin Lundstedt and Amanda B. Edgell.
“State of the world 2020: autocratization turns viral,” Democratization, 2020. With Sebastian Hellmeier, Rowan Cole, Sandra Grahn, Palina Kolvani, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine Maerz, Shreeya Pillai, and Staffan Lindberg. (Editor invited).
“Democracy Report 2021. Autocratization Turns Viral,” V-Dem Democracy Report, 2021. With Nazifa Alizada, Rowan Cole, Lisa Gastaldi, Sandra Grahn, Sebastian Hellmeier, Palina Kolvani, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Shreeya Pillai, and Staffan I. Lindberg.
“Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy Nine Month into the Covid-19 Pandemic,” V-Dem Policy Brief, No. 26, December 2020. With Palina Kolvani, Shreeya Pillai, Amanda B. Edgell, Sandra Grahn, Stefanie Kaiser, and Anna Lührmann.
“Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy and Disinformation Seven Months into the Covid-19 Pandemic,” V-Dem Policy Brief, No.25. Oct. 25, 2020. With Palina Kolvani, Martin Lundstedt, Seraphine F. Maerz, Anna Lührmann, Sandra Grahn and Amanda B. Edgell.
“An Update on Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy Four Months After the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic,” V-Dem Policy Brief, No.24. June, 2020. With Amanda B. Edgell, Sandra Grahn, Anna Lührmann, and Seraphine Maerz.
Book Review: “Why Alliances Fail: Islamists and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa.” By Matt Buehler. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2018.” Perspectives on Politics , 17:4, 1234-1235, 2019.
“Crisis, Coercion, and Authoritarian Durability: Explaining Diverging Responses to Anti-Regime Protest in Egypt and Iran.” With Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way. Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law CDDRL Working Paper, Vol. 127, December 2012.
“Lessons from Egypt’s Tax Collectors.” Middle East Report (MERIP): 264, 2012.