Authoritarian Consolidation
Författare
Summary, in Swedish
Abstract in Undetermined
Authoritarian consolidation is conceptualised as a deliberate state project to improve a regime's capabilities for governing society. It is hypothesised that the durability of an authoritarian regime increases to the extent that regime elites manage to substitute coercion for governing by organisation, regulation and the management of discourses. This provides them with a broader - and less costly - range of options to address social problems and regime challenges than merely intimidating or cracking down on opponents.
Authoritarian consolidation is conceptualised as a deliberate state project to improve a regime's capabilities for governing society. It is hypothesised that the durability of an authoritarian regime increases to the extent that regime elites manage to substitute coercion for governing by organisation, regulation and the management of discourses. This provides them with a broader - and less costly - range of options to address social problems and regime challenges than merely intimidating or cracking down on opponents.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
176-190
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Political Science
Volym
10
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Ämne
- Other Social Sciences
Nyckelord
- authoritarian consolidation
- government effectiveness
- state infrastructural power
- political terror
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1682-0983