Authoritarian Seeds of Democratic Success: The Fate of Authoritarian Successor Parties in New Democracies

• In Event: Electoral Effects and Varieties of Authoritarianism

Brief Overview

This paper aims to explain why some authoritarian successor parties thrive after a democratic transition while others remain weak or disappear. The empirical analysis (in progress) will be based on a cross-national dataset.

Author

• Taegyoon Kim, The Pennsylvania State University