When Dictators Die

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6286324
AutoresAndrea Kendall-Taylor, Elizabeth Frantz (0000-0003-0021-1628), Erica Frantz
Ano2016
Volume27
Fascículo4
Páginas159-171
Data de publicação2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2016.0071
OpenAlexW2532837915
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas7

Eleven of the world’s 55 dictators are 69 years old or older and are in varying stages of declining health. At first blush, this paints a hopeful picture for democracy scholars who have documented a slow but steady authoritarian resurgence. Yet this article reveals that the advanced age of 20 percent of the world’s autocrats offers little hope for a reversal of this trend. Rather than creating a space for change, the passing of these leaders will likely leave in place the resilient autocratic systems they created and reinforced. While most leadership transitions generate opportunities for regime change, this article demonstrates that death in office is not one of them

Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Berlin wall · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Fall of man · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Populism, Right-Wing Movements