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020			_a9780199683628
020			_a019968362X
100	1		_aTansey, Oisín,
245	1	4	_aThe international politics of authoritarian rule /
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aUK _OOxford University Press _c2016
300			_a240 pages ;
490	1		_aOxford studies in democratization
505	0		_aIntroduction -- A typology of international forces -- International sponsorship and authoritarian practices -- The international politics of electoral manipulation -- Underwriting repression : the international politics of coercive crackdowns -- International politics and post-coup authoritarianism -- Conclusion.
520			_aAutocrats must overcome a range of challenges as they seek to gain and maintain political power, including the threat that comes from both rival elites and discontented publics. The International Politics of Authoritarian Rule examines the ways in which international forces can encourage and assist autocratic actors in overcoming these challenges. Often, autocratic incumbents are strengthened in power by events on the international stage and by the active support of international allies. The book offers a typology of different international forms of influence on authoritarianism, and examines the ways in which external forces shape autocratic rule at the domestic level. The typology distinguishes between three broad forms of international influence: passive influences, unintended consequences, and active forms of external autocratic sponsorship. The book focuses in particular on the latter category, and examines intentional autocratic sponsorship in the post-Cold War period. A central contribution of the book is to address the question of how international autocratic sponsorship can bolster authoritarian rule. It highlights the ways in which international sponsorship can contribute to authoritarian practices is three significant ways: by increasing the likelihood that authoritarian regimes will pursue 'authoritarian practices' (such as coups, repression or election fraud), by contributing to the implementation of those practices, and finally by shielding autocratic actors from international punishment after such practices are pursued. External sponsorship can thus lower the costs of authoritarian behaviour, and protect and shield authoritarian regimes from the negative consequences of their actions.--
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism
650		0	_aDictatorship
650		0	_aCoups d'état
650		0	_aInternational relations
650		7	_aAuthoritarianism.
650		7	_aCoups d'état.
650		7	_aDictatorship.
650		7	_aInternational relations.
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