Perpetuating Instability: A Pathway to Authoritarian Regime Durability

• In Event: Authoritarian Adaptations: Stability, Legitimacy, and Opposition in the Middle East and Beyond

Brief Overview

How sustained governance instability can contribute to the stability of authoritarian regimes? This case-study analyzes the dynamics by which instability reinforces regime security.

Author

• Amir Mahdavi, University of Connecticut