What is it about?
A critique of the idea of competitive authoritarianism with suggestions for improvement.
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Why is it important?
The idea of competitive authoritarianism has been widely used in the social sciences. It is important to clarify some of the ambiguities in the concept.
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I suggest that there needs to be a better dialogue between scholars working on hybrid regimes and the literature on the quality of democracy.
Maxwell Cameron
University of British Columbia
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This page is a summary of: Making Sense of Competitive Authoritarianism: Lessons from the Andes, Latin American Politics and Society, April 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/lap.2018.3.
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