Economic shocks and authoritarian stability : duration, financial control, and institutions / edited by Victor C. Shih.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shih, Victor C.

Contributor:

Shih, Victor C., editor.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--Economic aspects.

Authoritarianism.

New democracies--Economic aspects.

New democracies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2020.

Summary:

Over two billion people still live under authoritarian rule. Moreover, authoritarian regimes around the world command enormous financial and economic resources, rivaling that controlled by advanced democracies. Yet, authoritarian regimes as a whole are facing their greatest challenges in the recent two decades due to rebellions and economic stress. Extended periods of hardship have the potential of introducing instability to regimes because members of the existing ruling coalition suffer welfare losses that force them to consider alternatives, while previously quiescent masses may consider collective uprisings a worthwhile gamble in the face of declining standard of living and possible elite splits.

Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability hones in on the economic challenges facing authoritarian regimes through a set of comparative case studies, which include Iran, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, the Eastern bloc countries, China, and Taiwan, authored by the top experts in these countries. Through these comparative case studies, this volume provides readers with the analytical tools for assessing whether the current round of economic shocks will lead to political instability or even regime change among the world's autocracies. This volume identifies the duration of economic shocks, the regime's control over the financial system, and the strength of the ruling party as key variables to explain whether authoritarian regimes would maintain the status quo, adjust their support coalitions, or fall from power after economic shocks.

Contents:

Introduction / Victor C. Shih

One: The domestic political implications of economic sanctions: evidence from Iraq under Saddam Hussein / Lisa Blaydes

Two: Economic shocks and communist survival and collapse / Martin K. Dimitrov

Three: Of eggs and stones: foreign sanctions and domestic political economy in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Kevan Harris

Four: Economic shocks and authoritarian responses: Putin's strategy after the global financial crisis of 2008-9 / Natalia Lamberova and Daniel Treisman

Five: Crises, coalitions, and change in Indonesia and Malaysia / Thomas Pepinsky

Six: Pathways to stability and instability in the midst of prolonged slowdown: the case of China / Victor C. Shih

Seven: Maladjustment: economic shock and authoritarian dynamics in Malaysia / Dan Slater

Eight: Authoritarian durability in East Asia's development states: surviving the 1973 energy crisis in Taiwan and South Korea / Joseph Wang

Nine: Bread, fear, and coalitional politics in Jordan: from tribal origins to neoliberal narrowing / Sean L. Yom

Conclusion: Victor C. Shih.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472126460

0472126466