2019/08/27 by Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Joseph Wright +1 · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Political Conflict and Governance #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
paper · doi:10.1086/706049
openalex publication_date 2019/08/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
This article uses new data measuring gradations of personalism in authoritarian regimes to evaluate the relationship between concentration of power and patterns of repression. It shows that the personalization of power in dictatorships leads to an increase in repression and, thus, a decrease in respect for human rights. Given the rise in personalism we are witnessing globally, the findings of this study imply that repression is likely to become more prevalent in dictatorships as a consequence.