Why do authoritarian leaders close down legislatures?
In spite of the academic, policy, and public interest in examining this question, we know surprisingly little about moments of parliamentary shutdown, including the various pathways leading to shuttering assemblies.
This project – supported by a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award (held by Dr Ben Noble), and hosted at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London – brings together scholars from around the world to study moments of unconstitutional parliamentary shutdown in non-democratic regimes.
In spite of the academic, policy, and public interest in examining this question, we know surprisingly little about moments of parliamentary shutdown, including the various pathways leading to shuttering assemblies.
This project – supported by a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award (held by Dr Ben Noble), and hosted at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London – brings together scholars from around the world to study moments of unconstitutional parliamentary shutdown in non-democratic regimes.
