Whither Cooptation: Conceptual Confusion and A New Typology

• In Event: Governance and Political Regimes

Brief Overview

We critique existing usage of the word "cooptation" in literatures on authoritarian politics, colonialism, and state-building. We distinguish two types of co-optation, power-sharing and rent-seeking, and offer tools to refine existing frameworks.

Authors

• Dean Dulay, Singapore Management University

• Erik H Wang, New York University