Life After Dictatorship: Authoritarian Successor Parties Worldwide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108445412)

Life after Dictatorship launches a new research agenda on authoritarian successor parties worldwide. Authoritarian successor parties are parties that emerge from authoritarian regimes, but that operate after a transition to democracy. They are one of the most common but overlooked features of the global democratic landscape. They are major actors in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and they have been voted back into office in over one-half of all third-wave democracies. This book presents a new set of terms, definitions, and research questions designed to travel across regions, and presents new data on these parties' prevalence and frequent return to power. With chapters from leading Africanists, Asianists, Europeanists, and Latin Americanists, it asks: why are authoritarian successor parties so common? Why are some more successful than others? And in what ways can they harm - or help - democracy?

Author: James Loxton
ISBN-10: 1108445411
ISBN-13: 9781108445412
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2018
Pages: 430
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.42w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2019