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Power Tool or Dull Blade? Selectorate Theory for Autocracies

Mary E. Gallagher; Jonathan K. Hanson · Annual Review of Political Science 18, 367–385 · 2015

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Type: Article
Author: Mary E. Gallagher; Jonathan K. Hanson
Identifier: DOI 10.1146/annurev-polisci-071213-041224
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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DisputedGallagher and Hanson argued that selectorate theory is a blunt instrument for authoritarian politics, because selectorate and winning coalition are hard to define where succession institutions are weak and their measurement is flawed.