Non-democratic politics : authoritarianism, dictatorship, and democratization /: authoritarianism, dictatorship, and democratization. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Xavier Márquez.
• Authors: Márquez, Xavier
• Contents: 1.Introduction: Democracy, Non-democracy, and the Varieties of Political Competition -- The Importance of Electoral Competition -- Political Regimes and State Capacity -- The Dimensions of Non-Democratic Politics -- Social Control and Personal Power in Non-Democratic Regimes -- Authoritarian Institutions -- Problems and Outcomes of Non-Democratic Rule -- Regime Change, Revolution, and Democratization -- Conclusion -- 2.The Changing Face of Non-Democratic Rule -- Will the Real Democracies Please Stand Up? -- Democracy, Dictatorship, and the Legitimation of Political Authority -- A Very Short History of Republican Institutions -- Waves of Democracy and Non-Democracy -- Conclusion -- 3.The Struggle over Social Control: Totalitarian and Authoritarian Rule -- Totalitarianism -- Authoritarianism -- Competitive Authoritarianism -- Origins of Competitive Authoritarianism -- Conclusion -- 4.Personal Rule -- Personal Rule vs. Institutionally Constrained Rule -- The Personalization of Power -- Power-Sharing and Leader Exit in Non-democracies -- Personal Power and the Structure of the Ruling Elite -- Personal Dictatorships and Patrimonial Regimes -- The Personnel Management Techniques of the Personal Ruler -- Dependence -- Complicity -- Division -- Conclusion -- 5.Parties -- The Diversity of Parties and Party Rule -- Parties as Devices for Elite Cohesion -- Screening -- Career Ladders -- The Management of Disloyalty -- Varieties of Electoral Experience -- Elections as Signals of Invincibility -- Elections as Loyalty Management -- Elections as Information Gathering Mechanisms -- Elections as Rituals of Power -- Elections as International Mimicry -- Conclusion -- 6.Armies -- The Coup -- Determinants of Military Intervention -- Authoritarian Consolidation after Coups -- The Fragility of Military Rule -- Conclusion -- 7. Dynastic Families -- The Decline of Monarchy -- Lynchpin vs. Dynastic Monarchies -- Dynastic Monarchies as Family Firms -- Succession Rules -- The Importance of Elite Cohesion -- Conclusion -- 8.Problems of Non-Democratic Consolidation and Control -- The People's Lies -- The Totalitarian's Dilemma -- Surveilling the People -- Surveilling the State -- The Regime's Lies -- Regime Lies under Competitive Authoritarianism -- Regime Lies under Totalitarianism -- The Censor's Dilemma -- Fear, Love, and Rituals of Power -- Ritual and Resistance -- Ritual and Emotion -- Cults of Personality and the Politics of "As If" Support -- Flattery Inflation -- Conclusion -- 9.Benevolent Authoritarianism -- Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Economic Development -- Regimes, Incentives, and Information -- Non-Democratic Growth: The Evidence -- Successful Authoritarian Regimes -- Corruption in Democracies and Non-Democracies -- Other Public Goods in Democracies and Non-Democracies -- Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Violence -- Repression, Regimes, and Social Conflict -- War and Political Regimes -- Conclusion -- 10.The Roots of Regime Change and Democratization -- Culture and Authoritarianism -- Cultural Explanations of Political Change and Stability -- The Legitimacy Theory of Political Change -- The Civic Capital Theory of Political Change -- Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy -- Economic Conflict and Regime Change -- Regimes as Commitment Devices -- Factors that Sharpen Redistributive Conflict -- Empirical Evidence for Conflict Theories -- Regime Change and Beliefs about Fairness -- Conclusion -- 11.How do Regimes Change? Contentious Politics and Its Diffusion -- Political Opportunity -- Weakened State Capacity and Political Opportunity -- Economic Crises and Elite Divisions -- International Influences and Perceptions of Opportunity -- Periodic Opportunities -- False Opportunities -- The Rebel's Dilemma -- Covert Resistance and Safe Spaces -- Emotional Work -- Selective Incentives -- The Power of Numbers -- Moral Awakenings -- Informational Updating -- Reference Group Updating -- Informal Assembly Mechanisms -- The New Social Media -- Repertoires of Contention -- Violence vs. Non-Violence -- Non-Violence and the Power of Numbers -- The Outcomes of Violent and Non-Violent Campaigns -- Conclusion -- 12.Conclusion: The Uncertainty of Democratization.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 320.53; Political science; Political Freedom & Security/General; Authoritarianism; Democratization; World politics; Authoritarianism; Democratization; World politics; Political Ideologies/Democracy; Political structure & processes; Political control & freedoms; Democracy; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political structures: democracy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137486325; 1137486325
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