Identity, procedures and performance: how authoritarian regimes legitimize their rule
Identity, procedures and performance: how authoritarian regimes legitimize their rule
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身份、程序和表现：独裁政权如何使其统治合法化
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2017
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J. Grauvogel
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Christian von Soest;J. Grauvogel
构建令人信服的合法性主张对于确保威权政权的稳定至关重要。然而，现存的研究一直在努力系统地分析威权主义者如何证实他们的统治权。我们分析了一组关于独裁政权合法性的新数据，这些数据是基于1991-2010年期间主要国家专家对98个国家的评估。这一分析为当前非民主政权的内部运作和合法化策略提供了新的见解。封闭的独裁政权主要依赖于基于身份的合法性主张（基础神话、意识形态和人格主义）。相比之下，选举从根本上改变了专制统治者与社会的关系。在他们的合法性主张中，选举专制政权专注于他们的“适当”程序，从而模仿民主。所有政权还强调，它们声称成功地向公民提供了物质福利和安全。
ABSTRACT Constructing convincing legitimacy claims is important for securing the stability of authoritarian regimes. However, extant research has struggled to systematically analyse how authoritarians substantiate their right to rule. We analyse a novel data set on authoritarian regimes’ claims to legitimacy that is based on leading country experts’ assessments of 98 states for the period 1991–2010. This analysis provides key new insights into the inner workings and legitimation strategies of current non-democratic regimes. Closed authoritarian regimes predominately rely on identity-based legitimacy claims (foundational myth, ideology and personalism). In contrast, elections fundamentally change how authoritarian rulers relate to society. In their legitimacy claims, electoral authoritarian regimes focus on their ‘adequate’ procedures, thereby mimicking democracies. All regimes also stress their purported success in proving material welfare and security to their citizens.