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competitive authoritarianism: a standalone construct

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competitiveauthoritarianism1 CONSTRUCTCompetitiveLEVITSKY · POLITICAL SCIENCE

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regimes where formal democratic institutions exist but incumbents abuse them so badly that competition is real yet unfair.

In political science, competitive authoritarianism refers to regimes where formal democratic institutions exist but incumbents abuse them so badly that competition is real yet unfair. This meaning comes from Levitsky (2002) in Journal of Democracy.[1]

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References

  1. Levitsky, S., & Way, L. A. (2002). Elections Without Democracy: The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism. Journal of Democracy, 13(2), 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2002.0026

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