01:790:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Transitional Fossil, Civil Society, Corporatism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: 01:790:103
• Professor: Barea Sinno

Document Summary

Era after end of the cold war: numbers declines from 75% of all countries to 40% by 2008. Authoritarian regimes fell and attempted to legitimize rule through the creation of electoral authoritarian regimes. Drop in single party systems: replacement in multiple parties. Authoritarian regimes allow some sort of legislature and opposition parties to exist. Repression: produces the dictators dilemma: because of the repression they practice they lack accurate information on how much political support they actually have. Dictator"s dilemma= an authoritarian rule that creates fear which breeds uncertainty about how much support rule has: end up spending more resources. Stronger institutions reduce dd by providing regime leaders with better information on who supports them and who doesn"t. Authoritarian regimes recognize supreme leaders: typically wields the executive power with few formal limits, crucial for how regimes function. Regime creates formalized institutions: by having a balance of power between the supreme leader and other key elites: forcing accepting limits on power.