Competitive authoritarianism hybrid regimes after the Cold War

"Competitive authoritarian regimes - in which autocrats submit to meaningful multiparty elections but engage in serious democratic abuse - proliferated in the post-Cold War era. Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Levitsky, Steven (-)
Otros Autores: Way, Lucan, 1968-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2010.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Problems of international politics.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:"Competitive authoritarian regimes - in which autocrats submit to meaningful multiparty elections but engage in serious democratic abuse - proliferated in the post-Cold War era. 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"--
Descripción Física:xviii, 517 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 381-491) e índice.
ISBN:9780511902260
9780521882521
9780521709156
9780511900686
9780511781353