The use of democratic institutions as a strategy to legitimize authoritarian rule.
Numerous authoritarian states use institutions usually associated with democratic regimes like a constitution, elections, and a legislature. This seems to be counterintuitive. Authoritarian regimes should rather shrink away from democratic institutions. Elections can be won by the opposition and leg...
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University of North Texas
2007
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| Online Access: | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3639/ |