Authoritarian Political Systems Group

1° Mini-Conference on Authoritarian Politics

21 June 2023, Glasgow

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8.30 – 9.00 Morning Coffee Break

9.00 – 10.05 Session 1

Support for democracy in authoritarian contexts

  1. “Civic Education and Regime Support Under Authoritarian Regimes” by Aykut Ozturk , Steve Finkel , Anja Neundorf and Ericka Ramirez-Rascon
  2. “How do opposition parties contest elections in democratic backsliding countries?” by Hanna Folsz

Elite and personnel purges

  1. “Autoverification: Modeling the Decision to be Vetted by a Regional Purge Commission” by Barbara Piotrowska and Monika Nalepa
  2. “How Elite Purges Promote Consolidation of Power in Dictatorships” by Jun Koga Sudduth

10.05 – 10.20 Coffee Break

10.20 – 11.25 Session 2

Government (dis)unity

  1. “The rise of authoritarian multiparty governments” by Laure Bokobza and Jacob Nyrup
  2. “The role of Pan-The role of Pan-African ideology in ethnic power-sharing” by Janina Beiser-McGrath, Sam Erkiletian and Nils Metternich

Bureaucracy and institutions

  1. “Making Career in Dictatorship: The Secret Logic Behind Coups and Repression” by Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel
  2. Jan Pierskalla

11.20 – 11.40 Coffee Break

11.40 – 12.45 Session 3

Controlling media in autocracies

  1. “Dictator’s Dilemma in News Management” by Lanabi La Lova
  2. “This Post Contains False Information”: How Do non-democratic Governments Use Fake News Labels to Restrict Online Dissent” by Yilin Su

Coalitions and power-sharing

  1. “Who Rules? Support Coalitions and Regime Survival, 1789-2020” by Sirianne Dahlum, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Magnus B. Rasmussen and Tore Wig
  2. “The Double-Edged Sword of Power-Sharing in Autocratic Ethiopia: The EPRDF’s Regionalized Central Party Committee System” by Josef Woldense

12.45 – 13.30 Lunch Break

13.30 – 14.35 Session 4

State capacity in the periphery

  1. “Asserting Autonomy: Strategic Investment in State Capacity in Opposition Local Governments in Autocracies” by Rachael McLellan
  2. “The Origins of Direct Rule: Evidence from the Qing Empire” by Jun Fang

Corruption

  1. “Corruption and Cooptation in Autocracy: Evidence from Russia” by David Szakonyi
  2. “Rotten Eggs or Bad Apples: Corruption Arrests and Public Opinion in Authoritarian Russia” by Noah Buckley

14.35 – 14.50 Coffee Break

14.50 – 15.55 Session 5

Purges and defections

  1. “Economic crisis and democratization: the role of elite divisions within authoritarian governments” by Adrian del Rio
  2. “Cutting Along the Diagonal Line: Purging Elites and Masses for Regime Survival” by Fabio Angiolillo and Austin Matthews

Protests and repression

  1. “Publicized Preventive Repression” by Katerina Tertytchnaya
  2. “What Autocrats Learn from Other Countries’ Political Protests” by Myunghee Lee and Dongjin Kwak

15.55 – 16.10 Coffee Break

16.10 – 17.00 Business Meeting

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