The Foundations of Limited Authoritarian Government: Institutions and Power-Sharing in Dictatorships
@article{Boix2013TheFO, title={The Foundations of Limited Authoritarian Government: Institutions and Power-Sharing in Dictatorships}, author={Carles Boix and Milan W. Svolik}, journal={The Journal of Politics}, year={2013}, volume={75}, pages={300-316} }
Why do some dictatorships establish institutions that may constrain their leaders? We argue that institutions promote the survival of dictatorships by facilitating authoritarian power-sharing. Specifically, institutions such as parties, legislatures, and advisory councils alleviate commitment and monitoring problems between the dictator and his allies caused by the secrecy in authoritarian governance. However, because authoritarian power-sharing succeeds only when it is backed by a credible…
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