Anti-regime Uprisings and the Emergence of Electoral Authoritarianism

Bibliographic Data

ID6340611
AuthorsNam Kyu Kim (0000-0003-0621-4192, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume70
Issue1
Pages111-126
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Research Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1065912916675739
OpenAlexW2536603839
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited52

This paper explores the role of threats from below in the emergence of electoral authoritarianism. Mass uprisings for democratic regime change undermine closed authoritarian regimes by making it difficult for autocrats to maintain their regimes through repression and co-optation. Anti-regime uprisings also promote the establishment of electoral authoritarianism by toppling the existing closed regime or by compelling autocrats to offer political reform as a survival strategy. Looking at closed authoritarian regimes from 1961 to 2006, my analysis reveals that anti-regime mass uprisings are significantly associated with transitions to electoral authoritarianism. I also find that nonviolent uprisings are more likely than violent uprisings to result in the establishment of electoral authoritarianism and that the effect of anti-regime uprisings on transitions to electoral authoritarianism is greater when a country is surrounded by more democracies or is ethnically or religiously homogeneous

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Homogeneous · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regime change · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions

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