Legitimation: Domestic and International Pressure and Regime Stability

• In Event: How Autocracies Survive, 2/2

Brief Overview

How did a dominant party regime comprised of former slaves at the height of the 19th Century Scramble for Africa emerge? This paper posits a novel explanation for Liberia’s TWP’s rise grounded in Gerschewski's Three Pillars of Authoritarianism.

Author

• Yakasah Wehyee, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities