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dc.contributor.authorKavasoglu, Yaman Berker
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-04T10:20:36Z
dc.date.available2020-06-04T10:20:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/64598
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the role of autocratic ruling party strength in democratic transitions. While the impact of ruling party strength on regime stability is extensively studied, we know much less about when and why ruling party strength can facilitate democratization during regime transitions. Proceeding from recent studies that suggest autocratic incumbents often choose to democratize from a position of strength rather than weakness, I discuss how specific attributes strong ruling party organizations wield can provide autocratic incumbents with incentives and capabilities to lead democratization in the context of regime change. Using an original data on organizational characteristics of 161 autocratic ruling parties between 1970 and 2015, I provide the first set of systematic empirical evidence supporting the argument that ruling party organizational features that promote regime durability can simultaneously facilitate the implementation of substantial democratizing reforms by regime elites in a top-down fashion to preempt political opposition.sv
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research project was supported by Vetenskapsr ̊adet, Grant 439-2014-38, PI: Ellen Lust, Univer- sity of Gotneburg, Sweden; by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to Wallenberg Academy Fellow PI: Staffan I. Lindberg, Grant 2018.0144, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; by Veten- skapsr ̊adet, Grant 2018-01614, PI: Anna Lu ̈hrmann, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paperssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries2020:102sv
dc.relation.urihttps://www.v-dem.net/media/filer_public/8e/f0/8ef0f95a-9436-4186-bbac-9812e2c059c7/working_paper_102_final.pdfsv
dc.titleAutocratic Ruling Parties During Regime Transitions: Investigating the Democratizing Effect of Strong Ruling Partiessv
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dc.contributor.organizationV-Dem Institutesv


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