PPA 04-06 Richter: Survival and Breakdown of Authoritarian Monarchies: A Configurational Explanation of MENA Trajectories since 1945

Legitimation, Repression, and Cooptation – What Explains the Survival of Autocracies?

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Andrea Gawrich und Anja Franke-Schwenk (Kiel): Cooptation and Legitimation Strategies in post-Soviet Autocracies – A Comparison of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
Stephan Ortmann (Hongkong): Hegemonic Party States and the Struggle for Legitimacy: Elections in China, Vietnam, and Singapore