Descriptive political representation of Mexico’s indigenous population is abysmal, suggesting that voters may spurn indigenous candidates at the ballot box. Yet recent signs of societal acceptance of indigenous candidacies and politicians also exist, implying that descriptive under-representation may owe to other causes. At present, Mexican voters’ perceptions of indigenous political candidates remains unknown. We report […]

The Fall 2025 CIPR Speaker Series addresses the systematic erosion of democratic institutions worldwide, a phenomenon that has accelerated significantly in recent years. Global assessments indicate that democratic backsliding has reduced worldwide democratic levels to those last observed in 1996, reversing two decades of democratic progress (V-Dem, 2025). This series brings together four distinguished scholars […]

When Impunity Fights Back: Anti-Corruption and Democratic Erosion in Central America Political corruption is a leading global policy issue. Domestic governments, however, often lack the will to tackle it and may even wield anti-corruption tools to undermine democracy. International policymakers and civil society have thus urged the adoption of international anti-corruption commissions (IACCs), which rely […]