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Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky; Lucan Way · Princeton University Press · 2022

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Book
Author
Steven Levitsky; Lucan Way
Identifier
DOI 10.1515/9780691223575

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TheoryIn Revolution and Dictatorship (2022) Levitsky and Way argue that authoritarian regimes born of violent social revolution are unusually durable because revolutionary struggle produces cohesive ruling parties, armies fused with the party and the destruction of rival centres of power.