1. Money and autonomy: Patterns of civil society finance and their implications

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2. Institutional duration and growth in Africa

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   • Smita Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 54

3. The wrong kind of crisis: Why oil booms and busts rarely lead to authoritarian breakdown

   • Benjamin Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 76

4. Why do presidents fail? Political leadership and the Argentine crisis (1999–2001)

   • Mariana Llanos
   • Ana Margheritis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 103