Bridling Autocrats: Limiting Executive Power in Authoritarian Polities

这个项目将分析威权政体中精英政治的动态，特别关注精英成员如何试图约束潜在的独裁者。通过展示不同类型的专制制度下精英政治的不同模式，该项目将询问当代国际政治中最奇怪的一个方面，为什么这么多专制政权能够在一个通常被视为民主进步的时代稳定自己。理解威权精英政治及其对政权生存的影响具有重要的政策意义。

This project will analyse the dynamics of elite politics in authoritarian polities, focusing in particular upon how members of the elite try to constrain would-be dictators. By showing the different patterns of elite politics in different types of authoritarian systems, the project will interrogate one of the most curious aspects of contemporary international politics, why so many authoritarian regimes have been able to stabilise themselves in an era commonly seen as being one of democratic advance. Understanding authoritarian elite politics and their implications for regime survival is of significant policy interest.