Dictatorship Midterm

Authoritarian Spell

A single continuous span of authoritarian governance; might include more than one regime

Dictator’s main motive

To stay in power

Elite’s main motive

Accumulation of power and influence

Divide and rule 

when elites have effectively divided political opposition into loyalists and radical camps, it makes opponents less likely to mobilize

private preference

fixed

preference falsification

when an individual tries to hide private preferences by showing difference public preferences

where do we see authoritarian govs

resource rich countries, Muslim countries, ex-British colonies, developing countries

Personalization

the process where dictators strengthen their control over the regime

the problem of authoritarian control

conflict between those who rule and those who are ruled

the problem of authoritarian power-sharing

conflict between the ruler and the ruling elites (challengers)

how do they solve the problem of authoritarian control and power-sharing

repression, co-optation, organizational proliferation

most likely to use terror or high intensity

personalist

nominal selectorate

all citizens

real selectorate

registered to vote

winning coalition

people with more power

public preference

varies