: hybrid regimes after the Cold War Levitsky, Steven creator Levitsky, Steven Way, Lucan text Cambridge, New York :Cambridge University Press 2010 monographic eng

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xviii, 517p. 24cm. "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" Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; I Introduction and Theory; II High Linkage and Democratization: Eastern Europe and the Americas; III The Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in Low-Linkage Regions: The Former Soviet Union, Africa, and Asia; Appendix I: Measuring Competitive Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Stability; Appendix II: Measuring Leverage; Appendix III: Measuring Linkage; Appendix IV: Measuring Organizational Power; References; Index. / Steven Levitsky Political Science Systems of governments & states Authoritarianism -- Case studies Political development -- Case studies Authoritarianism Autoritärer Staat Democratization -- Case studies Politischer Wandel Politische Stabilität 321.9 LEV 9780521709156 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 200923 20211004155720.0