Formulas for Autocratic Stability: A Review Article.

Drawing on the analytical framework of Johannes Gerschewski's The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule , we explore the complexities of autocratic stability by examining the mechanisms through which autocrats preserve their regimes. We review Gerschewski's data set and arguments and provide our assessment...

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Publicado en:Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA) Vol. 141; no. 3; pp. 613 - 626
Autores principales: Huang, Min-Hua, Huang, Osbern, Kuo, Chi-Hsien
Formato: Book Review
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Fall2026
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      ab: Drawing on the analytical framework of Johannes Gerschewski's The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule , we explore the complexities of autocratic stability by examining the mechanisms through which autocrats preserve their regimes. We review Gerschewski's data set and arguments and provide our assessment regarding the empirical validity of Gerschewski's theory and tests. While Gerschewski's two logics of autocratic rule offer insightful understandings, the role of situational dynamics, international intervention, and political succession in influencing autocratic stability are underrated or neglected. The survival of an autocratic regime is not solely based on the prevention and preemption of challenges from political opponents, but also depends on the performance of regular governance functions along with a monopoly of political power and the resolution of leadership issues. The path-dependent nature of autocratic stability requires analysis of autocratic regime subtypes to effectively contextualize and generalize the patterns of political succession under different logics of autocratic rule. Lacking a comprehensive characterization of autocratic subtypes, the main contribution of Gerschewski's book is more theoretical than empirical.
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