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Competative authoritarianism - hybrid regimes after the cold war

Paperback • 2010 • English

Competative authoritarianism - hybrid regimes after the cold war

By Steven Levitsky

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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 weak...Show more

Politics and government
Comparative politics
Central / national / federal government policies

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9780521709156

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Competative authoritarianism - hybrid regimes after the cold war

Format

Paperback

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