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How Multilevel Elite Loyalty Strengthens Electoral Authoritarianism : Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections in Russia

Sirotkina, Elena - 2017

Maintain autocratic regimes is widely acknowledged to require elites loyalty. However, loyalty of which elites is more important to establish high voting for an autocrat? Basing on empirical evidence of gubernatorial election in Russia we explore how conflicts between the governor and the elites...

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Efficiency, Policy Selection, and Growth in Democracy and Autocracy : A Formal Dynamical Model

Akhremenko, Andrei - 2014

The main focus of this paper is the impact of efficiency losses, related to public capital stock, on the prospects of economic growth in democratic and autocratic political environments. We introduce a distinction between two types of efficiency loss: along with the loss of public capital during...

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Why Dismiss a Good Case? Dual-Purpose Judicial Institutions in Constitutional Courts Under Autocracy : Evidence from Russia

Grigoriev, Ivan - 2018

The Russian Constitutional Court (RCC) has over time developed a practice of adopting so-called “positive dismissals” (Pozitivnoe Opredelenie) which complements (but also undermines) the existent formal procedure of only delivering decisions on merits with Rulings (Postanovlenie). The paper...

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Modern Authoritarianism and Political Ideology

Nisnevich, Yulii; Ryabov, Andrey - 2017

This article analyses the ideologies of authoritarian and neo-authoritarian regimes. The analysis is carried out in three clusters: “rudimentary” authoritarian regimes, post-colonial dictatorships, neo-authoritarian regimes. The first cluster is subdivided into two subgroups: authoritarian...

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Ruling Elites' Rotation and Asset Ownership : Implications for Property Rights

Polishchuk, Leonid - 2013

We provide a theory and empirical evidence showing that the rotation of ruling elites in combination with elites' asset ownership could improve property rights protection, and that such association holds for non-democratic political regimes when it is based on elites' concerns about security of...

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Nobility and Schooling in Russia, 1700s-1760s : Westernization of an Elite as a Social Process

Fedyukin, Igor - 2016

, young members of the elite were allowed to express their preferences regarding enrollment in specific schools or branches of … had very clear preferences, and that there are deep cleavages within the elite in terms of the attitude of its members … shaping choices of education and service made by the nobility. The paper presents the Westernization of the Russian elite as a …

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The Cradle of Chaos : Metamorphosis of Chinese Elite, 1850s-1900s

Vul, Nikita - 2015

When the Qing Empire collapsed in 1911, military groups moved to the forefront. The power of regional warlords bloomed during 1916-28, splitting China into disparate fiefdoms. The fragmentation of China largely defined the course of events in this country through all 20 century, so explaining...

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The Barriers of Access to Elite Higher Education in Russia

Prakhov, Ilya - 2014

Despite the trends of massification of Russian higher education and recently introduced standardized entry exams, university applicants still may face barriers during the process of admission. As a result, they may be admitted to less selective universities, which generally offer low quality...

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Buying Loyalty of Voters Or Local Elites? Political Alignment and Transfers to Provinces in Tutelary Regimes : The Case of Iran

Vaskin, Ilya - 2020

The paper investigates the impact of an electoral support for president for short- and long-term transfers between national and provincial governments in tutelary regimes. The research uses the case of Iran; the database covers 330 observations for 30/31 provinces for 2005-2015. The results show...

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