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Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization
Abstract
Far from sweeping the globe uniformly, the 'third wave of democratization' left burgeoning republics and resilient dictatorships in its wake. Applying more than a year of original fieldwork in Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, and the Philippines, in this 2007 book Jason Brownlee shows that the mixed record of recent democratization is best deciphered through a historical and institutional approach to authoritarian rule. Exposing the internal organizations that structure elite conflict, Brownlee demonstrates why the critical soft-liners needed for democratic transitions have been dormant in Egypt and Malaysia but outspoken in Iran and the Philippines. By establishing how ruling parties originated and why they impede change, Brownlee illuminates the problem of contemporary authoritarianism and informs the promotion of durable democracy.
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“And Brownlee (2007: 218f.) has observed that parties often play a vital role in facilitating the maintenance of electoral authoritarian regimes.”
From Political party and party system institutionalization in Southeast Asia: lessons for democratic consolidation in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand (2008) · cites this paper as Brownlee 2007: 218f.
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Elections Under Authoritarianism
Gandhi, J., & Lust, E. (2009) · Annual Review of Political Science · doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.060106.095434 · Cited by 1,152
“Indeed, Brownlee (2007) finds no evidence that elections affect regime survival in a large-n analysis of authoritarian regimes, although he does find that holding elections under an authoritarian regime increases the likelihood that a subsequent regime will be democratic (Brownlee 2009).”
BackgroundThe three pillars of stability: Legitimation, repression, and co-optation in autocratic regimes
Gerschewski, J. (2013) · Democratization · doi:10.1080/13510347.2013.738860 · Cited by 1,053
Boix, C., & Svolik, M. W. (2013) · The Journal of Politics · doi:10.1017/s0022381613000029 · Cited by 1,059
Political Order and One-Party Rule
Magaloni, B., & Kricheli, R. (2010) · Annual Review of Political Science · doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.031908.220529 · Cited by 628
“…dictators might find it beneficial to allow political competition in order to gather information about the loyalty of their party cadres and about the actual power their opponents enjoy (Ames 1970, Magaloni 2006, Birney 2007, Brownlee 2007, Cox 2008, Kricheli 2008, Blaydes 2009, Lorentzen 2009).”
BackgroundPower Sharing and Leadership Dynamics in Authoritarian Regimes
Svolik, M. W. (2009) · American Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00382.x · Cited by 626
“A growing literature examines the role of parties (Brownlee 2007; Geddes 1999; Magaloni 2006; Smith 2005), legislatures (Boix and Svolik 2007; Gandhi and Przeworski 2006; Myerson 2008; Wright 2008), elections (Blaydes 2007; Lust-Okar 2006), or the bureaucracy (Slater 2003) in authoritarian regimes.”
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- Authors
- Brownlee, J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brownlee, Jason
- ORCID
- Brownlee, Jason
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2007-07-16
- OpenAlex
- W4302416674
- Cited by
- 1,070
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 29.57
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Asian Studies and History
- Keywords
- authoritarianism, democratization, third wave of democratization, elite conflict, ruling party, democratic transition, soft lining materials, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Philippines
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