Fractious Versus Monopolized Oppositions: Reassessing the Role of Opposition Coalitions in Democratization

• In Event: Opposing Authoritarian Regimes

Brief Overview

This paper contributes to the theory that opposition coalitions drive democratization in electoral authoritarian regimes. It does so by shifting focus to opposition unity more broadly, and by expanding the pool of data used to test this theory.

Author

• Jeremy Martin Ladd, Pennsylvania State University