CAS PO 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Brookings Institution, Guanxi, Jiang Zemin

• School: Boston University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: CAS PO 151
• Professor: Taylor Boas

Document Summary

Authoritarian executives: ex) bureaucratic authoritarianism in latin america; one-party regimes in ussr and mexico. No: personalist regime: ex) absolutist monarchies, saddam"s iraq, mao"s china, executive usually rules till death: successor is (cid:498)groomed(cid:499) Institutionalized authoritarian regimes: some other formal mechanism: executive usually replaced before death, political elites choose successor. Judiciaries: internal and external legitimacy, patronage, democratic (cid:498)safety valve(cid:499, some (cid:498)rule of law(cid:499) legitimacy, combat opponents. Many hold regular elections: mexico under the pri, had regular elections every 6 years. But outcome of the elections are known in advance (elections are jinxed). Sometimes partially about representation: north korea: parliamentary elections every 5 years. Even though there is never a change in the outcome, it tells the rest of the world that they"re democratic: (cid:498)escape valve(cid:499)- give opposition enough representation that it wants to stay in the game. Competitive elections at a local level, but there"s no party competition. Higher level officials chosen through indirect elections: local elections in communist regimes, ex: ussr.