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   Articles with "autocracy" as a keyword



Ministries matter: technocrats and regime loyalty under autocracy

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "Political Science Research and Methods"

DOI: 10.1017/psrm.2023.12

Abstract: How do technocrat ministers affect governance under autocracy? Autocrats frequently appoint non-partisan actors with technical competencies to bureaucratic leadership roles. Though their competencies might predict positive performance in office, these ministers are also dependent on… read more here.

Keywords: loyalty; autocracy; technocrats regime; ministries matter ... See more keywords

Enabling autocracy? Peacebuilding and post-conflict authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "European Journal of International Relations"

DOI: 10.1177/1354066118819724

Abstract: Does peacebuilding shape the regime type of countries where international missions are deployed? Most peacebuilding missions take place in authoritarian contexts, and seek to overcome the legacies of conflict by overseeing transitions to democratic rule;… read more here.

Keywords: democratic republic; republic congo; autocracy; post conflict ... See more keywords

Conceptualising autocracy promotion as commercialisation: marketising narratives and Chinese responses to central Asian protests

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "European Journal of International Relations"

DOI: 10.1177/13540661251371499

Abstract: In recent decades, the global rise of autocracies has spurred scholarly investigations into why and how these regimes support one another. This article advances these debates by addressing the undertheorised question of what states promote… read more here.

Keywords: promotion commercialisation; autocracy promotion; autocracy; conceptualising autocracy ... See more keywords

Depoliticising democracy through discourse: Reading Russia’s descent into autocracy and war with Jacques Rancire’s political theory

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "New Perspectives"

DOI: 10.1177/2336825x231169476

Abstract: This article investigates the role of discourses in processes of deepening authoritarianism and war. By bringing Jacques Rancière’s works on politics and depoliticisation into dialogue with poststructuralist discourse analysis, the article argues that discursive depoliticisation… read more here.

Keywords: article; war; russia; autocracy ... See more keywords

David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Journal of Democracy"

DOI: 10.1353/jod.2025.a954559

Abstract: Abstract:The biblical story of David and Goliath is used here as metaphor to discuss one of the key aspects of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the clash between democracy and autocracy. The essay discusses the development… read more here.

Keywords: war; defeating russian; autocracy; goliath defeating ... See more keywords