Authoritarian state building through political decentralization and local government law: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran
What motivates ideological authoritarian regimes to permit subnational elections? What mechanisms do these regimes employ to ensure that local electoral outcomes are favorable to the regime? Focusing on the decision to create a new tier of elected local government and the use of local government law...
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| Language: | English |
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Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Oñati Socio-Legal Series |
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| Online Access: | http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1050 |