Lily L. Tsai is the Ford Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Director of the MIT Governance Lab (MIT GOV/LAB). Her research focuses on accountability, governance, and political behavior in developing contexts, particularly in Asia and Africa.
1. The Puzzle of Authoritarian Popularity; 2. A Retributive Justice Model
of Citizen Engagement; 3. A Retributive Justice and State Production of
Moral Order; 4. Evaluating the Impact of Retributive Justice on Citizen
Evaluations of Government Authorities in Rural China; 5. Retributive
Justice and Citizen Engagement in Rural China and Beyond; 6. Democratic
Dissatisfaction, Punitive Populism, and the Rise of the 'Benevolent'
Dictator.