Guardians of the Status Quo: Stopping the Diffusion of Popular Challenges to Authoritarian Rule

Guardians of the Status Quo: Stopping the Diffusion of Popular Challenges to Authoritarian Rule

How do authoritarian leaders insulate their regimes from the contagion effects generated by cross-national waves of popular protest? This article compares the strategies of leaders in four authoritarian regimes--Azerbaijan, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia--and their responses to the color revolution...

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Veröffentlicht in:Demokratizatsiya (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2018-03, Vol.26 (2), p.251-283
1. Verfasser: Koesel, Karrie J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Authoritarianism
Autocracy
Democracy
Demonstrations & protests
Dictators
Forecasts and trends
Influence
Political systems
Politics
Power
Public opinion surveys
Rebellions
Revolutions
State-society relations
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Zusammenfassung:How do authoritarian leaders insulate their regimes from the contagion effects generated by cross-national waves of popular protest? This article compares the strategies of leaders in four authoritarian regimes--Azerbaijan, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia--and their responses to the color revolutions and the Arab uprisings. This comparison reveals that these countries have developed an elaborate and similar toolkit to defend the authoritarian status quo and that vigilant autocrats take preemptive measures even when popular uprisings erupt in geographically distant regions or within very different political systems.
ISSN:1074-6846
1940-4603