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The three pillars of stability: legitimation, repression, and co-optation in autocratic regimes

Johannes Gerschewski · Democratization 20(1), 13–38 · 2013

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Johannes Gerschewski
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DOI 10.1080/13510347.2013.738860

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TheoryEaston distinguished specific support for a political system, which depends on satisfaction with its outputs, from diffuse support, a reservoir of goodwill that helps a system survive periods of poor performance.TheoryGerschewski proposes that autocratic stability rests on three mutually reinforcing pillars: legitimation, repression and co-optation.