Coercive distribution / Michael Albertus (University of Chicago), Sofia Fenner (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania), Dan Slater (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albertus, Michael, 1983- author.

Fenner, Sofia, author.

Slater, Dan, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Cambridge elements

Elements in the politics of development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Distribution (Economic theory).

Land reform.

Physical Description:

106 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Canonical theories of political economy struggle to explain patterns of distribution in authoritarian regimes. In this Element, Albertus, Fenner, and Slater challenge existing models and introduce an alternative, supply-side, and state-centered theory of 'coercive distribution'. Authoritarian regimes proactively deploy distributive policies as advantageous strategies to consolidate their monopoly on power. These policies contribute to authoritarian durability by undercutting rival elites and enmeshing the masses in lasting relations of coercive dependence. The authors illustrate the patterns, timing, and breadth of coercive distribution with global and Latin American quantitative evidence and with a series of historical case studies from regimes in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. By recognizing distribution's coercive dimensions, they account for empirical patterns of distribution that do not fit with quasi-democratic understandings of distribution as quid pro quo exchange. Under authoritarian conditions, distribution is less an alternative to coercion than one of its most effective expressions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-106).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1108462138

9781108462136

OCLC:

1026725633