To Purge or Not to Purge? An Individual-Level Quantitative Analysis of Elite Purges in Dictatorships

• In Event: Varieties of State Repression

Brief Overview

How do dictators decide which elites to purge? We examine the individual-level correlates of autocratic elite retention and removal through original data from twelve post-World War II dictatorships.

Authors

• Edward Goldring, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Austin S Matthews, University of Denver