Thin-skinned leaders: regime legitimation, protest issues, and repression in autocracies
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DOI: 10.1017/psrm.2021.19
Abstract: The literature on autocracies has argued that repression of protest is either a result of the political environment in which protest occurs, or depends on particular characteristics of the protest events themselves. We argue that… read more here.
Keywords: protest; protest issues; thin skinned; repression ... See more keywords
Who Democratizes? Western-educated Leaders and Regime Transitions
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002715590878
Abstract: Many theories attempt to explain why some countries democratize and others do not. Existing accounts, however, focus almost exclusively on structural factors and ignore individual leaders. In this article, we argue that leaders educated at… read more here.
Keywords: educated leaders; regime transitions; leaders regime; democratizes western ... See more keywords