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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1027 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Personalist dictatorship · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Svolik models personal autocracy as the outcome of a struggle between a dictator and his ruling allies: when the allies can no longer credibly threaten to remove him, the dictator can accumulate power without constraint.”

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