The Dilemma of Legitimation: How the Prolongment of Dictator’s Tenure Hastens the Dictatorship’s Demise

• In Event: JSS 1
  In JSS Session: Autocratic survival and democratization

Brief Overview

Building a personality cult can effectively reduce the leader’s hazard of losing power through irregular means, but it exacerbates the likelihood of regime failure considerably when the leader exits office.

Author

• Ruilin Lai, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology