The three pillars of stability: Legitimation, repression, and co-optation in autocratic regimes

Democratization

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-38

  Gerschewski, Johannes ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

autocracy; co optation; legitimation; repression; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873475303     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2013.738860     Document Type: Article

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