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Steven Levitsky

American political scientist at Harvard University who, with Lucan Way, developed the concept of competitive authoritarianism and studied why some authoritarian regimes, especially those born of revolution, are unusually durable.

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ConceptCompetitive (electoral) authoritarianismRegimes in which multiparty elections are real and opposition can sometimes win, but incumbents abuse state power so badly that the playing field is skewed. The concept was developed by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way (2002, 2010).

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