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Comparing autocracies in the early Twenty-first Century

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Authoritarianism research has evolved into one of the fastest growing research fields in comparative politics. The newly awakened interest in autocratic regimes goes hand in hand with a lack of systematic research on the results of the political and substantive policy performance of variants of autocratic regimes. The contributions in this second volume of Comparing Autocracies are united by the assumption that the performance of political regimes and their persistence are related. Furthermore, autocratic institutions and the specific configurations of elite actors within authoritarian regime coalitions induce dictators to undertake certain policies, and that different authoritarian institutions are therefore an important piece of the puzzle of government performance in dictatorships. Based on these two prepositions, the contributions explore the differences between autocracies and democracies, as well as between different forms of non-democratic regimes, in regard to their outcome performance in selected policy fields; how political institutions affect autocratic performance and persistence; whether policy performance matter for the persistence of authoritarian rule; and what happens to dictators once autocratic regimes fall. This book is an amalgam of articles from the journals Democratization, Contemporary Politics and Politische Vierteljahresschrift.

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ISBN: 9780415719445
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Author: Aurel Croissant
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 238 pages
Series: Democratization Special Issues
Genres: Social and political philosophy
Nationalism
Political leaders and leadership
Elections and referenda / suffrage
Political parties and party platforms
Political structures: democracy