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The dual system of authoritarian rule

The dual system of authoritarian rule

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The paper scrutinizes the performance of authoritarian regimes by analysing the interplay of two distinct grand strategies they aim to pursue. These strategies encompass: (1) the ruling regime's efforts to safeguard its political legitimacy, and (2) its desire to maintain autocratic control over power. Both aspects of authoritarian governance are r...

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... suggested concept offers a multidimensional approach to studying authoritarian regimes. It accommodates but does not limit the analysis to the concept of neopatrimonialism, suggesting a set of other variables, seven in total, to complement it, as it is shown in Table 1. Each of these variables can be further described by another set of constituent variables. ...