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Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War

Steven Levitsky; Lucan A. Way · Cambridge University Press · 2010

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Steven Levitsky; Lucan A. Way
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DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511781353
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2026-09-01

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TheoryBased on 35 cases from 1990 to 2008, Levitsky and Way find that competitive authoritarian regimes with extensive ties to the West tended to democratise, while where such linkage was weak, outcomes depended on whether incumbents had cohesive state and party organisations.EstablishedWith Lucan Way, Levitsky introduced the concept of competitive authoritarianism in a 2002 Journal of Democracy article and developed it in the 2010 book Competitive Authoritarianism.TheoryPutin-era Russia before 2022 is best described as an 'informational autocracy' that relied on controlling information, imitating democratic institutions and selective repression rather than mass violence.