PL SC 003 Chapter 10: ch 10
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3 basic types of dictatorships: monarchies, military dictatorships, civilian dictatorships. Electoral authoritarianism: they hold elections etc. but they skip out on loads of things that would make them a proper democracy. Success depends more on size of winning coalition and selectorate. One way to classify dictatorships is to see how leaders precede others into office inner sanctums and support coalitions. Monarchies: rely on family/kin to come/stay in power. Qatari emir appointed all family members into government positions. The (cid:374)e(cid:454)t leade(cid:396) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)eed to (cid:271)e (cid:374)e(cid:454)t of ki(cid:374) (cid:271)ut the(cid:396)e just (cid:374)eeds to (cid:271)e a concensus by the family members on who to bring in (from the family). Swaziland has big procedure on how the next person comes to power (kings, mothers, children, only marry after impregnate to make sure can bring babies). So(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot all that alt(cid:396)uisti(cid:272) though as i(cid:374) eg(cid:455)pt, the(cid:396)e (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:272)oups (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e t(cid:396)(cid:455)i(cid:374)g to p(cid:396)ote(cid:272)t the (cid:373)ilita(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) fi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:894)i(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:396)i(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g mu(cid:271)a(cid:396)ak do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:895).
