Besley, Timothy; Kudamatsu, Masayuki - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
managed by a selectorate - a group ofindividuals on whom the leader depends to hold onto power. Goodpolicy is … institutionalized when the selectorate removes poorly per-forming leaders from office. This requires that the selectorate's holdon power … causes, that successful autocracies appear to have foundways for selectorates to nominate successors without losing power …