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print«King of the Hill», or why bad institutions in post-communist autocracies
Melville A.Yu.,
Dr. Sci. (Phil.), Professor, Distinguished Scholar of Russia, Academic Supervisor and Dean, Faculty of Social Science, HSE University, amelville@hse.ru
elibrary_id: 251142 | ORCID: 0000-0002-1414-5783 | RESEARCHER_ID: B-1152-2014
Stukal D.K.,
PhD, Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University, denis.stukal@gmail.com
elibrary_id: 1096522 | ORCID: 0000-0001-6240-5714 | RESEARCHER_ID: ABA-3314-2020
Mironyuk M.G.,
Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University,, mmironyuk@hse.ru
elibrary_id: 251177 | ORCID: 0000-0002-8183-3084 | RESEARCHER_ID: K-9102-2015
For citation:
Melville A.Yu., Stukal D.K., Mironyuk M.G. «King of the Hill», or why bad institutions in post-communist autocracies. – Polis. Political Studies. 2013. No. 2
Abstract
Numerous researchers in comparative politics have pointed at non-linear J-shaped link between state capacity and democracy. This claim suggests that consolidated autocracies possess higher levels of state capacity than hybrid regimes. We test this conjecture using post-communist sample, 1989 - 2010, and do not find supporting evidence. The paper presents an original approach to measurement of state capacity and an informal model of the “king of the hill” explaining low quality of institutions in post-communist autocracies.
Keywords
state capacity; democracy; quality of institutions; post-communist regimes.
Content No. 2, 2013
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