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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Authoritarian Regimes"”.
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Repression, Elections, and Competitiveness in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes
Competitive authoritarian regimes are identified as a Post-Cold War phenomenon that utilize democratic institutions, but cling to authoritarian tendencies to remain in power. I posit that these authoritarian tendencies towards repression are limited by the competitive nature of the regimes. …
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Institutionalization, repression and political instability in authoritarian regimes
… conflict and violence? The current literature on authoritarian politics focuses on the use of co-optation and repression to explain how autocrats mitigate the hazardous conditions under which they rule. The former induce compliance and co-operation by providing social and material benefits, while …
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The Politics of Protest and State Repression in Authoritarian Regimes
… protests and nonviolent mobilization against authoritarian rulers. Over the past decade, the bulk of the literature has focused on examining the impact of protest movements on regime transition, while lesser attention was paid to explain why protests emerge initially. Social movements …
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Does Selectorate Size Matter?: How the selectorate size of authoritarian regimes impacts trade levels
… an increase in autocratization and support for authoritarian leaders and policies. This change in domestic politics can impact states' interactions in the international system. One of the changes that may be observed in state behavior is the willingness of states to participate in international …
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Digital Dictators: How Different Types of Authoritarian Regimes Use Cyber Attacks to Legitimize Their Rule
… carried out by state-actors - particularly authoritarian regimes - and their proxies. Despite global cyber attacks rising year by year, in terms of both frequency and level of technological ability, available data suggests most of the world's major cyber attacks are carried out by a …
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The revolution will be made public: The effects of international actors on protest movements in hybrid and authoritarian regimes today
… audience shape citizens’ decisions to protest in authoritarian regimes today? How might support from external support from democracies elsewhere or intervention from dictatorships affect protesters’ perceptions and decision-making strategies? I propose several causal mechanisms to answer these …
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Politics gone viral : social media and political mobilization : in what respects are social media effective tools for initiating political mobilization and stimulating political change in order to challenge authoritarian regimes?
… in 2010 across the MENA region have challenged authoritarian resilience, which has been a prominent feature of the region for several decades. This project examines the rise of social media and their effects on the political system, specifically the role played by social media in undermining the …
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The use of democratic institutions as a strategy to legitimize authoritarian rule.
Numerous authoritarian states use institutions usually associated with democratic regimes like a constitution, elections, and a legislature. This seems to be counterintuitive. Authoritarian regimes should rather shrink away from democratic institutions. Elections can be won by the opposition and …
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The Strategic Balance between the Public and Allies: A Theory of Authoritarian Distribution in China
<p>This project explores how authoritarian regimes can meet the demands of both the ruling coalition and the public from a perspective of distributional politics. This challenge is particularly severe since authoritarian regimes face increasing pressure to expand public goods and welfare. This …
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Political organisation, leadership and communication in authoritarian settings: Digital activism in Belarus and Russia
Citizens of authoritarian regimes face multiple constraints when they express critical political views using digital media. The regime may monitor their activities, censor their speech or persecute them. Despite these challenges, politically-active citizens organise outside of traditional …
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The role of parliaments in the resilience of non-democratic regimes : a case study of the Iranian parliament (Majles)
The new prominence of authoritarianism ushered in a series of new studies that seek to explain the reasons behind the longevity of these regimes. An integral part of these studies is that the institutional arrangements contributed to the survival of autocrats and the maintenance of authoritarian …
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Citizens' political perception and behavior in authoritarian elections
Scholars have debated whether authoritarian elections are conducive to democratization or authoritarian survival. This study contributes to developing the literature about authoritarian elections by focusing on citizens as main political players. This study mainly examines citizens’ political …
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Contemporary political opposition in Russia’s competitive authoritarian regime
… governing practices of Putin have become more authoritarian, Russia has come to resemble a competitive authoritarian regime type. Despite this continually shrinking political environment, opposition candidates still compete in elections and organize protests around the country. This paper …
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Threats to the Hegemony of the Communist Party of Vietnam
… theory of Gene Sharp concerning weaknesses of authoritarian regimes. The thesis concludes that the communist government faces many threats from most segments of society, including from within the party itself.
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Guns or Roses: A Comparative Case Study on the Influence of the Military and the Labor Unions on Regime-Change
… the region was finally transitioning away from authoritarian rule. Yet, the vastly differing outcomes have instead raised new questions. Particularly Egypt and Tunisia, which experienced such similar trajectories of social and political revolution, raise the question of why Egypt would return to …
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The Spacing of Bodies In Heartbreak Tango (1969) and the Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976) by Manuel Puig.
… revision of socio-political truths imposed by authoritarian regimes. In this thesis I discuss the instability of the spatialized dichotomies between history and fiction that are found both in certain historical figures in Argentina and in the provocative fiction of Manuel Puig's Boquitas …
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Internal Security and Military Reorganization: The Rise of Paramilitaries in Developing Societies
… and Colombia. The study finds that democratic regimes register the largest paramilitary growth, followed by transitioning societies, and finally by authoritarian regimes. Paramilitary growth in authoritarian regimes indicates decentralization that could lead political liberalization. …
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DOES DEMOCRATIZATION AFFECT GROWTH ACROSS TIME OR SPACE?
… political regime, namely a democratic versus an authoritarian regime, influences economic growth. Much of the past literature has produced ambiguous results. But more recent studies using more sophisticated statistical techniques have often shown a positive effect of democratization upon economic …
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Post-Soviet Region, Authoritarian Stability, and Autocracy Promotion: Limits to the European Union’s External Governance
… accounting for the stability of post-Soviet authoritarian regimes and the obstacles, which Western democracy promoters can face when dealing with autocrats. The starting point for these enquiries has been the striking inability of Western democracies and in particular of the European Union to …
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