Qixuan Yang.

Bio:

My main focus is on the history and consequences of parliamentarization. I ask why parliaments emerged in a centralized bureaucratic system, why they persist or fail, and how they contribute to democratization or autocratization. Empirically, I study the early parliaments of the 20th century in China, from the late imperial era to the Republican period (1901-1949). In addition to historical legislatures, I also study democratic erosion in modern parliamentary settings, especially in Germany after 2017.

Contact:

• qixuan.yang@yale.edu

Education:

• B.A. Political Science and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Germany (2017)
• M.Sc. Social and Economic Data Analysis, University of Konstanz, Germany (2019)

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