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This Elements volume explores the critical factors that enable authoritarian regimes to persist and the challenges they face during leadership transitions. Using North Korea as a primary case study, the authors analyze the institutional, ideological, and coercive mechanisms that sustain authoritarian rule across different contexts.
The book examines how authoritarian leaders consolidate power, manage succession planning, and maintain regime stability in the absence of democratic institutions. Through comparative analysis, it reveals patterns in how non-democratic governments address succession crises and prevent institutional collapse. The work combines theoretical frameworks with empirical evidence to explain authoritarian durability and the factors that either strengthen or destabilize regime continuity.
Essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and students interested in political science, East Asian studies, and comparative governance, this concise yet comprehensive analysis contributes to understanding modern authoritarianism.
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