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3. Defining Autocracy
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter examines authoritarianism, providing a framework for understanding authoritarian regimes. Although all autocracies share a disregard for competitive elections and pluralism, ...
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5. Democracies
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
in Comparative Politics (4th edn)
This chapter examines the key features of modern democracy as well as its origins. It first explains what democracy means in the field of comparative politics before discussing different ...
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6. Authoritarian regimes
Paul Brooker
in Comparative Politics (4th edn)
This chapter examines the concept of an authoritarian regime. Aside from the fact that they are not democracies, authoritarian regimes have little in common and are considerably diverse: ...
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24. South Korea: Strong State, Successful Development
Peter Ferdinand
in Politics in the Developing World (5th edn)
This chapter examines South Korea’s developmental state emerging from an authoritarian political base, toward its democratic openings in the 1990s. In 1945, the Korean peninsula was freed ...
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4. Dysfunctional Democracies and Hybrid Systems
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter evaluates those ambiguous systems that mix democratic characteristics with authoritarian tendencies. Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a substantial rise in the ...
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9. Cultural, Social, and Historical Drivers of Democracy
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter assesses culture as a driver of democracy. Despite the popularity of cultural theories of democracy, there is little empirical evidence to support them. The chapter highlights ...
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Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes provides a broad overview of the key institutions and political dynamics in democracies and dictatorships, including access to the ...
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5. The Consequences of Democracy and Authoritarian Regimes
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter reviews the latest research showing how regime type affects a host of outcomes of interest. It explains why democratic decline matters, examining the effects of democracy on a ...
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6. The Durability of Autocracy
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter identifies sources of authoritarian durability. To maintain a firm grip on power, authoritarian regimes must maintain some support among three primary constituencies: the ...
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5. Democracies
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
in Comparative Politics (5th edn)
This chapter examines the key features of modern democracy, as well as its origins. It first explains what democracy means in the field of comparative politics, before discussing different ...
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6. Authoritarian Regimes
Natasha Lindstaedt
in Comparative Politics (5th edn)
For many years, the concept of an authoritarian regime was considered to be one large category, with little understanding of how these regimes differed. The study of authoritarian regimes ...
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7. Authoritarian Instability and Breakdown
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter details the factors that increase the prospects of authoritarian regime failure. In-depth accounts of the downfall of specific authoritarian regimes show that it is most often ...
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