Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America,
and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive
authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where
social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as
in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led
incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to
democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external
democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized.
In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and
ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and
cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition
challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where
incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but
rarely democratized.
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Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War
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ISBN
9780511848841
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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