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Don’t Think of a Wave! A Research Note About the Current Autocratization Debate

open access: yesDemocratization, 2021
One of the most fascinating developments in the recent comparative politics scholarship is undoubtedly the turn from the studies on the process of democratization to those on the opposite phenomenon, that is, autocratization.
Luca Tomini
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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 Third Wave of Autocratization Is Here: What Is New About It?

open access: yesDemocratization, 2019
Less than 30 years after Fukuyama and others declared liberal democracy’s eternal dominance, a third wave of autocratization is manifest. Gradual declines of democratic regime attributes characterize contemporary autocratization.
Staffan I. Lindberg, Anna Lührmann
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When Autocratization Is Reversed: Episodes of U-Turns Since 1900 [PDF]

open access: yesDemocratization
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed.
Martin Lundstedt   +2 more
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Referendums and Autocratization

2022
Abstract Why do autocratic leaders use referendums to amend a constitution, and what is the purpose of these amendments? While illiberal tendencies or outright autocratic goals are rationally understandable and have received widespread attention, little is known about constitutional referendums as a tool to pursue these goals.
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Marvelous Autocrats

2017
This essay shows how the idea of the South Atlantic as a space of dictatorships and banana republics was contested on the ground by literary experimentation and transoceanic influence. Armillas- Tiseyra uses Sony Labou Tansi’s La vie et demie (Life and a Half 1979) as an example of a dictator
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What Autocratization Is

2018
What is autocratization and how many forms can it take? In this chapter, the authors elaborate a conceptual framework for the analysis of post-Cold War processes of autocratization. They define autocratization as a process of regime change towards autocracy that makes the exercise of political power more arbitrary and repressive and that restricts the ...
Andrea Cassani, Luca Tomini
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Economic development and autocratization

We first survey theoretical arguments and recent quantitative studies on the relationship between economic development and autocratization and thereafter present a novel analysis, which offers hitherto unmatched empirical coverage. Our investigation examines whether the level of economic or short-term economic growth is related to regimes experiencing ...
Croissant, Aurel   +2 more
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The Autocratic Advantage?

2020
Abstract This chapter explores the idea of an autocratic advantage in international politics. Throughout the ages, scholars, including Alexis de Tocqueville, have argued that autocracies have an advantage in international politics. These arguments are resurfacing today as Russia and China vie for global leadership.
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Autocratic Leadership

This study aims to examine the theoretical framework of autocratic leadership with a multidimensional approach and to examine the effects of this leadership style at the organizational and individual levels, its principles, dimensions, and its relationship with the cultural context.
William Y. Degbey, Baniyelme D. Zoogah
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