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The menu of autocratic innovation

, 2020
This article develops the menu of autocratic innovation to account for a perceived transformation in the nature of autocratic rule. Drawing from an original list of 20 techniques intended to cultivate the pretence of accountability without permitting the
Lee Morgenbesser
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Ideology and succession politics in Ethiopia: autocratic leadership turnover and political instability

Democratization, 2021
Recent scholarship on the institutionalization of politics in Africa has highlighted the consolidation of constitutional leadership turnover in electoral democracies.
K. Opalo, Lahra Smith
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The Autocrat's Predicament

2023
In their quest for national revival, China’s leaders under Xi Jinping have sought to improve the economy’s performance. The disappointing economic record of authoritarian regimes provides ample grounds for doubt, yet not all have failed. Why have some succeeded where most did not?
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A reliable risk analysis approach using an extension of best-worst method based on democratic-autocratic decision-making style

, 2020
The procedure of decision making in failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) as an effective and reliable risk assessment method needs a team of experts to deal with considerable uncertainties related to risk evaluation process. Thus, an increasing number
M. Yazdi   +3 more
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Early Statehood and Support for Autocratic Rule in Africa

Comparative Political Studies, 2021
Recent work highlights the importance of pre-modern political practices for explaining persistent institutional features, including representative democracy. Typically, this argument is institutional in nature—pre-industrial practices are hypothesized to
V. Chlouba, Daniel S. Smith, S. Wagner
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Leadership style: Is it autocratic, democratic or laissez-faire?

ASEAN Journal of Management and Business Studies, 2021
: The work assigned to employee cannot be completed without clear direction. Therefore, leader's responsibility to provide clear direction leads to the completed task and reduces costs to the organization.
Syaiful Baharee Jaafar   +1 more
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Dominance-Driven Autocratic Political Orientations Predict Political Violence in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) and Non-WEIRD Samples

Psychology Science, 2020
Given the costs of political violence, scholars have long sought to identify its causes. We examined individual differences related to participation in political violence, emphasizing the central role of political orientations.
Henrikas Bartusevičius   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exporting autocracy: how China's extra-jurisdictional autocratic influence caused democratic backsliding in Hong Kong

, 2020
In the global trend of democratic backsliding, Hong Kong provides an illustrative case of how democratic institutions could be degenerated by “exporting autocracy”.
Brian C. H. Fong
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Testing the Influence of Autocratic Leadership, Democratic Leadership, and Public Service Motivation on Citizen Ratings of An Agency Head’s Performance

, 2020
Research is lacking concerning the impact of leadership styles on citizen attitudes toward the performance of government leaders.
J. Caillier
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Autocratic Stability in the Shadow of Foreign Threats

American Political Science Review, 2020
Autocrats confront a number of threats to their power, some from within the regime and others from foreign actors. To understand how these threats interact and affect autocratic survival, we build a model where an autocratic leader can be ousted by a ...
Livio Di Lonardo   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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