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The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule (Hardcover)
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The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule (Hardcover)
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In The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule, Gerschewski argues that all
autocracies must fulfil three conditions to survive: the
co-optation of key elites into their inner sanctum, the repression
of potential dissent, and popular legitimation. Yet, how these
conditions complement each other depends on alternative logics:
over-politicization and de-politicization. While the former aims at
mobilizing people via inflating a friend-foe distinction, the
latter renders the people passive and apathetic, relying instead on
performance-driven forms of legitimation. Gerschewski supports this
two-logics theory with the empirical analysis of forty-five
autocratic regime episodes in East Asia since the end of World War
II. In simultaneously synthesizing and extending existing research
on non-democracies, this book proposes an innovative way to
understand autocratic rule that goes beyond the classic distinction
between totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. It will be of
interest to scholars and students of comparative politics,
political theory, and East Asian politics.
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