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The limits of AI for authoritarian control

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract An emerging literature suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) can greatly enhance autocrats' repressive capabilities. This paper argues that while AI presents a powerful new tool for authoritarian control, its effectiveness is constrained by the very repressive institutions it is designed to serve.
Eddie Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

Executive Power and Political Corruption in Central Asian Turkic States: A Comparative Analysis

Journal of Central Asian Studies
This study examines the link between political corruption and unchecked executive power in the Turkic states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in Central Asia.
Batuhan Sarp Tumer, Ahmet Furkan Cihangiroglu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is support for authoritarian rule contagious? Evidence from field and survey experiments

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence on support for leaders with authoritarian inclinations through preregistered field and survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces. The field
Sirianne Dahlum, Torbjørn Hanson, Åshild Johnsen, Andreas Kotsadam, Alexander Wuttke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Power of Political Leaders: Evidence From Central Leaders' Local Tours in China

The Developing Economies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do political leaders play a role in shaping economic outcomes? Can we quantify and compare the economic influence of contemporary political leaders? This paper examines the economic impact of autocratic leadership through the lens of firm visits in China, offering a unique empirical strategy to assess their influence.
Asei Ito, Jaehwan Lim, Hongyong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Pravoslaví jako součást veřejné prezentace romanovské monarchie za Mikuláše II.

Studia Historica Brunensia, 2017
The article is focused on the role of the orthodoxy in the public presentation of the Russian monarchy under the Nicholas II (1894–1917). Author analyzes two public events connected closely with the orthodoxy, in which Nicholas II played a key role.
Zbyněk Vydra
doaj   +1 more source

Creative‐class dynamics, technological evolution and growth

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates the impact of creativity on technological advancement, long‐term economic development, and social welfare, where creativity is determined endogenously through interactions within social networks. The analysis shows that an economy remains stagnant, exhibiting neither networking nor long‐term growth, when the size of the
Torben Klarl
wiley   +1 more source

The Political U: New Evidence on the Economic Costs of Hybrid Regimes

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research establishes a positive causal effect from democracy to income, although this evidence relies mostly on binary regime classifications. We extend the identification framework of Acemoglu et al. (2019) to a classification that distinguishes democracies, autocracies, and hybrid regimes for about 170 countries over 1960–2024.
Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Marco Frigerio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on the Texts of Historical Sociology of Iran [PDF]

پژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2017
Many texts on the Iranian identities with an emphasis on the correlation between dictatorial structure and the mood characteristics of the Iranian society argue that despotisms through the history of this country have caused the governance of egocentric ...
Javad Nazari Moghaddam
doaj  

Authoritarianism and Intolerance Under Autocratic and Democratic Regimes

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2014
Based on findings indicating that authoritarians express greater intolerance in situations where diversity is more apparent, Stenner (2005) proposes that democracies may sabotage their stability by allowing the unbridled expression of societal pluralism.
Kris Dunn
doaj   +1 more source