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The Geography of Repression and Opposition to Autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, 2021State repression is a prominent feature of non-democracies, but its effectiveness in quieting dissent and fostering regime survival remains unclear. We exploit the location of military bases before the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile
M. Bautista +4 more
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, 2008 One of the key goals of political economy is to understand how institutional arrangementsshape policy outcomes. This paper studies a comparatively neglected aspect of this - theforces that shape heterogeneous performance of autocracies. The paper develops a simpletheoretical model of accountability in the absence of regularized elections ...
Timothy Besley, Masayuki Kudamatsu
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Bread and Autocracy in Putin's Russia
Journal of Democracy, 2022:Food has been crucial to the survival of regimes since the emergence of early states. Yet despite its significance, until recently food availability was rarely discussed as a principal political issue outside the global South.
Janetta Azarieva +2 more
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Can autocracy promote literacy? Evidence from a cultural alignment success story
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021Do countries with less democratic forms of government necessarily have lower literacy rates as a consequence? Using a random sample of 4,600+ individuals from military archives in Portugal, we show that 20-year old males were twice as likely to end up ...
Jaime Reis, Nuno Palma
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National identity between democracy and autocracy: a comparative analysis of 24 countries
European Political Science Review, 2020Recognizing democratic backsliding and increasing support for authoritarianism, research on public preferences for democracy and its authoritarian alternatives has gained traction.
Julian Erhardt +2 more
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Governance and the dimensions of autocracy
Constitutional Political Economy, 2018Recent work at the frontiers of classical liberal political economy has reconsidered the idea that certain autocratic political institutions may improve on the consensus liberal, constitutional democratic political institutions. This paper will discuss conceptually how these new arguments, predatory forms of autocracy, the status quo of constitutional ...
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2022
This report is part of the Transformation Index BTI 2022. The regional analysis covers the period from February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2021. The BTI assesses the transformation toward democracy and a market economy as well as the quality of governance in 137 countries.
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This report is part of the Transformation Index BTI 2022. The regional analysis covers the period from February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2021. The BTI assesses the transformation toward democracy and a market economy as well as the quality of governance in 137 countries.
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Autocracy login: internet censorship and civil society in the digital age
Democratization, 2020This study discusses whether the internet contributes to the rise of civil society or provides the state with a means to suppress civil society. By examining cross-sectional time-series data of 153 countries from 1995 to 2018, this study demonstrates ...
Chun-chih Chang, Thung-hong Lin
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‘Authoritarian civil society’: How anti-democracy activism shapes Thailand’s autocracy
, 2020In this article, the author argues that civil society can actively foster anti-democratic agendas that propel young democracies on an autocratic path.
J. Sombatpoonsiri
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Review of Law & Economics, 2002
All politicians, regardless of the nominal form of government within which they operate, face the trade-off between current period gains and tenure extension. That is, rulers can exploit their power for personal gain, but they risk being removed from their positions of power, either through a popular vote or a coup or revolution.
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All politicians, regardless of the nominal form of government within which they operate, face the trade-off between current period gains and tenure extension. That is, rulers can exploit their power for personal gain, but they risk being removed from their positions of power, either through a popular vote or a coup or revolution.
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