Description: Canonical theories of political economy struggle to explain patterns of distribution in authoritarian regimes. In this Element, Albertus, Fenner, and Slater challenge existing models and introduce an alternative, supply-side, and state-centered theory of 'coercive distribution'. Authoritarian regimes proactively deploy distributive policies as advantageous strategies to consolidate their monopoly on power. These policies contribute to authoritarian durability by undercutting rival elites and enmeshing the masses in lasting relations of coercive dependence. The authors illustrate the patterns, timing, and breadth of coercive distribution with global and Latin American quantitative evidence and with a series of historical case studies from regimes in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. By recognizing distribution's coercive dimensions, they account for empirical patterns of distribution that do not fit with quasi-democratic understandings of distribution as quid pro quo exchange. Under authoritarian conditions, distribution is less an alternative to coercion than one of its most effective expressions.
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EAN: 9781108462136
UPC: 9781108462136
ISBN: 9781108462136
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Book Title: Coercive Distribution (Elements in the Politics of
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 75 Pages
Publication Name: Coercive Distribution
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 230 mm
Subject: Economics, Politics
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 180 g
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Michael Albertus, Dan Slater, Sofia Fenner
Item Width: 153 mm
Format: Paperback
