Center for the Study of Democracy

eScholarship stats: History by Item for May through August, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-08	2026-07	2026-06	2026-05
8mf8f3kt	Economic and Political Reform in China and the Former Soviet Union	1,614	407	181	792	234
72n0w235	State Sponsorship or State Failure? Mass Killings in Rural China, 1967-68	1,422	1,099	122	81	120
2zn1t7bj	Collective Identity and Expressive Forms	1,287	504	206	327	250
7bc0p0gb	The Creation of a New Underclass in China and its Implications	1,178	1,004	27	70	77
18b448r6	The Tyranny of the Super-Majority: How Majority Rule Protects Minorities	991	235	120	455	181
5gm0f2jf	Why has the LDP Stayed in Power so Long in Post-War Japan?:Democratic System Support and Electoral Behavior	594	84	104	210	196
3f72v9q4	Critiques and Counter-Critiques of the Postmaterialism Thesis: Thirty-four Years of Debate	580	112	103	135	230
1318d3rx	Unrest in Rural China: A 2003 Assessment	550	370	32	58	90
2wb616g6	Congruence Theory Explained	540	136	85	125	194
7bv4b2w1	Can the Whole World Become Democratic? Democracy, Development, and International Policies	488	248	58	80	102
2j74b860	Popular Conceptions of the Meaning of Democracy: Democratic Understanding in Unlikely Places	433	136	63	97	137
3vs886v9	Democracy Beyond Parties	403	112	111	67	113
17p1m0dx	HOW POLITICAL PARTIES SHAPE DEMOCRACY	368	93	45	103	127
0qk46102	The Changing Nature of Mass Belief Systems: The Rise of Concept Ideologues & Policy Wonks	365	140	62	67	96
60q2s39p	Women's Representation in Parliament: The Role of Political Parties	365	84	62	80	139
2n49r2s3	Coming and Going: On the State Monopolization of the Legitimate Means of Movement	355	142	54	82	77
16s1c0mt	Institutional Design in Plural Societies: Mitigating Ethnic Conflict and Fostering Stable Democracy	344	70	85	105	84
5pb0595n	Cultural Hybridization in East Asia: Exploring an Alternative to the Global Democratization Thesis	343	24	22	37	260
7fw4g5tw	Growth in Women's Political Representation: A Longitudinal Exploration of Democracy, Electoral System, and Gender Quotas	339	96	52	97	94
1nd4n3j9	Explanatory Factors for the Merger of Political Parties	334	85	75	94	80
8281d6wt	Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracie	329	92	85	89	63
13n5q9qx	Unequal Participation: Democracy's Unresolved Dilemma	316	91	40	90	95
20c7w3m4	Western Theories versus East Asian Realities:Political System Preferences among East Asians	313	49	26	78	160
8xf4t3t0	Getting Mad or Going Mad? Citizens, Scarcity and the Breakdown of Democracy in Interwar Europe	303	156	29	64	54
7gz6t2bb	Partisan Mobilization, Cognitive Mobilization and the Changing American Electorate	302	84	55	93	70
8t94h85v	Consensus Without Veto-Players: Testing Theories of Consensual Democracy	298	144	44	47	63
9tg922hv	Democracy Transformed?: Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies	294	123	67	46	58
6pk7p5zz	Lessons of Global Neo-liberalism? The East Asian Economic Crisis Reconsidered	291	132	22	72	65
4mm1285j	The Civic Culture: Prehistory, Retrospect, and Prospect	288	113	57	59	59
2m62b74d	Social Movements and Public Policy: Eggs, Chicken, and Theory	275	76	31	75	93
1q34f69c	Geographical Representation Under Proportional Representation: The Cases of Israel and the Netherlands	270	52	28	65	125
3jx2b911	The Resource, Structural, and Cultural Bases of Protest	251	110	40	50	51
9pn25985	Democracy and its Citizens: Patterns of Political Change	246	67	34	79	66
3545w14v	Inequality in Political Participation: Contemporary Patterns in European Countries	245	83	29	53	80
7ks7h74n	Political Support: Social Capital, Civil Society, and Political and Economic Performance	239	107	34	37	61
04w053fg	A Series of Unfortunate Events or Some Karma? 2018  Election and Brazil's Persistent Conservative Alignment	238	53	34	54	97
2r89j762	Electoral Choice in Multidimensional Party Systems	235	54	25	72	84
4c51z9mt	Voter Satisfaction and Electoral Systems: Does Preferential Voting in Candidate-Centered Systems Make A Difference	234	70	40	53	71
538243k2	Internet Use and Political Engagement: The Role of E-Campaigning as a Pathway to Online Political Participation	234	41	33	78	82
5b49k5rc	Democratization: Perspectives From Global Citizenries	231	52	33	46	100
7t30r2gc	How Proportional are Mixed Compensatory Electoral Systems? Determining the Necessary Share of Compensation Mandates in Mixed Systems	229	67	50	48	64
1t68c47v	President Park Geun-hye and the Deconsolidation of Liberal Democracy in South Korea: Exploring its Cultural Roots President Park Geun-hye and the Deconsolidation of Liberal Democracy in South Korea: Exploring its Cultural Roots	227	40	37	52	98
89k3z6q2	Assessing Citizen Responses to Democracy: A Review and Synthesis of Recent Public Opinion Research	226	49	19	66	92
0hq2v2wx	How People Perceive and Appraise the Quality of Their Lives: Recent Advances in the Study of Happiness and Wellbeing	218	61	28	41	88
5ms901w7	The Vietnamese Public in Transition: The 2001 World Values Survey	207	97	27	31	52
8r7500zq	Partisan Dealignment and the Personalization of Politics in West European Parliamentary Democracies, 1961-2016	207	55	26	55	71
9j40k1m0	Political Parties, Minorities and Elected Office: Comparing Opportunities for Inclusion in the U.S. and Britain	206	85	23	27	71
6q8631rv	Protest and Political Incorporation: Vietnamese American Protests, 1975-2001	204	56	20	52	76
3n25s046	Economic Voting in Post-Communist Eastern Europe	202	65	21	56	60
0fg580b9	Family Matters: Testing the Effect of Political Connections in Italy	196	68	21	42	65

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