Competitive Authoritarianism - Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Problems of International Politics
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	August 2010
Authors:	Steven Levitsky • Lucan A. Way
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	536
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-70915-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
LSN:	0-521-70915-6
Barcode:	9780521709156

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